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I looked out the window of my office and saw Detroit's future sitting at a conference table. He was there because it was National Take Your Child to Work Day. But that wasn't really why he was there. He was there because his father works in the building. But that wasn't really why he was there.
Six weeks ago, in the middle of negotiating a financial consent agreement for Detroit, state Treasurer Andy Dillon was tapped for an urgent task elsewhere: jury duty. Dillon said what he experienced in Wayne County Circuit Court fueled his determination to figure out what's not working in Detroit and improve the quality of life for residents.
Former Pontiac Emergency Manager Michael Stampfler painted a gloomy picture of what could await Detroit based on his experiences in a smaller city with similar problems.
When Shawne Duperon began a campaign to encourage forgiveness -- a movement that, at its heart, features a man who forgave the drunken driver who killed his entire family -- she didn't know what to expect. But the power of Gary Weinstein's decision to forgive has touched a nation.
The governor of Michigan and the mayor of Detroit have named the first three members of the financial board (I refuse to call it an advisory board) that will decide how the city spends money for the near future. And something stands out... All three are men. Detroit's mayors throughout history ... all men.
Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey says it is not possible to conduct a presidential election for city residents with the money Mayor Dave Bing has proposed in his new budget.
Today marks 65 years since Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier by becoming a Brooklyn Dodger -- and the first black MLB player in the 20th Century. Baseball will salute that history across the nation when all of its players, including our Detroit Tigers playing away in Chicago, wear Robinson's retired No. 42.
Zsa Zsa Booker knows exactly what she wants to do when she completes her master's studies at Wayne State University next month. She plans to get a PhD and eventually teach urban librarianship.
Detroit's fiscal crisis has put a spotlight on city leadership and how good -- or bad -- it is considered to be. But few have asked what that leadership might look like in the future. Enter Marygrove College, which is asking just that question, not just about political or positional leadership, but about community leadership.
Jennifer Richmond stood in line Thursday at Comerica Park and spoke eloquently about why she returned home after living in Washington, D.C., for 20 years.
Fifty-one weeks after Tom Wellinger killed Gary Weinstein's family, the jeweler decided to accompany his attorneys to a meeting with Wellinger at the Oakland County Jail.
It is hard for some to understand how there could be anger and outrage over the death of someone who lives in another part of the country. It is hard for some to understand why you would cry out for justice for a stranger. But concern is rising over such a death El Cajon, Calif., where Shaima Alawadi was killed in her home.
The Rev. David Bullock has been preaching about Detroit's financial crisis from the pulpit. How often?
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