Recharging the Aquifer Underneath Detroit’s Transit Desert
Martha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.
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“You’re Entitled For Suggesting People Take Public Transportation Instead Of Stranding Themselves On I-95” – Midatlantic Liberals
A rare, intense blizzard in the Midatlantic US snarled traffic on I-95, leading us to wonder: how is the car obsession even so engrained on the East Coast that people can’t imagine not driving cars?
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The Real Cost Of A COVID Test? It Depends.
In a city whose government has aggressively and continually underfunded public transit, human services, and infrastructure, it can sometimes prove
Read MoreYear-End Wrap-Up: Handbuilt’s 2021 Reading List
2021 was, in many ways, even weirder than 2020. Was the pandemic finally over? Or was it just another series
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“It Is What It Is”: With Omicron Rampant, Will Trump Country Notice?
The novel coronavirus hit cities hard at the beginning of the pandemic. But in 2021, it is disproportionately killing rural Americans– closely along party lines. Will the rapid spread of the novel omicron variant make this trend even worse?
Read MoreChristmas 2021: Handbuilt’s Naughty Or Nice List
Every year, we at Handbuilt Heavy Industries, Incorporated, feel the need to wrap up with a Christmas-y list of everyone who
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“Detroit: Become Livonia” – Mike Duggan
Detroit’s mayor has a vision for the city. It involves a lot of parking lots, and a lot of low-wage jobs. But there’s a better way.
Read MoreBook Review: Rise of the Warrior Cop, by Radley Balko
A new book looks at the militarization of police forces in the United States, how it costs taxpayers a staggering amount of money, threatens American democracy, and, above all else, doesn’t actually do much to reduce crime.
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GM Vision Zero: Joe Biden and Mary Barra, Fiddling While The World Burns
As British Columbia excavates houses, roads, and, tragically, bodies, from the aftermath of catastrophic flooding, the President was in Detroit yesterday to tout the virtues of a 9,000-lb. electric car that, liberals apparently believe, will solve climate change.
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A Love Burning Brighter Than The Gas Flares Of Zug Island
As many of you know, or don’t, I got engaged in September! Yes, folks– if someone thinks they can put
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