Detroit

Flora Hommel, 87: life as a labor of love

July 17, 2015 By Claudia Hommel

Besides being the founder of the Childbirth Without Pain Education Association, her work touched on so many areas ... health, women, city politics, world politics.

State-named panel to run Detroit finances for 13 years

November 14, 2014 By PAI

A nine-member, state-named panel, with no unionists among its initial appointees, will run Detroit's finances for the next 13 years, a court-approved bankruptcy exit plan says.

Detroit bankruptcy solved – for now: What about other cities?

November 10, 2014 By April Smith

Everyone is congratulating Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, for helping to craft a bankruptcy settlement in Detroit.

Poem: “The Detroit Water Crisis”

July 28, 2014 By Christopher D. Sims

"Who would be considered the nicest, after shutting off people's water, causing a crisis?"

Netroots Nation 2014: Building a movement in 140 characters

July 22, 2014 By Josh Morris

Many of the panels, views, and strategies focused on at the Detroit conference emphasized activism, getting out the vote and ways to combat right extremism.