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Voting Mayor Mike Duggan of Detroit. Photo courtesy the Federal Communications Commission.
Voting Detroit Dedicates Entire City Staff to Election Duty This November

Detroit's Mayor Mike Duggan said that the fast and accurate count of this Presidential election is a duty that "weighs on every big city in the country."

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel September 29, 2020 10:58 am EDT
Economy Jamon Jordan poses with a photo of his mother, Jacquelynne Jordan, in Detroit, Friday, April 24, 2020. Jamon Jordan could not mourn his mother in the traditional way. At Jacquelynne Jordan's memorial in early April, there were just seven people. No hugs. No traditional dinner where family members could gather to honor the 66-year-old matriarch's memory after she died from the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Economy Major Michigan Cities Struggle With Coronavirus Budget Crises, Left to Fend for Themselves

In the midst of recovering from the largest city bankruptcy in American history, Detroit now contends with a virus killing one of every ten infected.

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel July 24, 2020 12:19 pm EDT
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Politics ‘Like Living in Hell’: Trump Won’t Stop Trashing American Cities

On Monday, the “America First” president showed his patriotism by calling Chicago “worse than any war zone that we’re in.”

Brandon Gates Brandon Gates July 15, 2020 1:56 pm EDT
Law and Order Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson marches with demonstrators in Flint. (Photo via Genesee County Sheriff's Office Facebook page)
Law and Order ‘Walk With Us’: Michigan Showed Police Across the Country How They Should Be Treating Protesters

Genesee's sheriff said the officer who killed George Floyd was "not one of us."

Katelyn Kivel Katelyn Kivel Martha Spall Martha Spall Ellen Chamberlain Ellen Chamberlain June 1, 2020 2:37 pm EDT
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Coronavirus Black Detroiters Are Bearing the Worst of Coronavirus. The Numbers Prove It.

National polls reveal how people of color are most affected. But Detroiters already know that all too well.

Ellen Chamberlain Ellen Chamberlain May 8, 2020 7:00 am EDT

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election
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Money This Is How Much Detroit Overbilled Homeowners in Property Taxes

Approximately 28,000 of the overtaxed properties have been foreclosed on since 2013.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil January 13, 2020 5:08 pm EST