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Take a Stand During 'Michigan Week'

Lisa Diggs | Posted 05.20.2013 | Detroit
Lisa Diggs

Together, we are revitalizing Michigan's economy one product, one purchase, one person at a time. Join in the fun and make a difference this Michigan Week.

Fix the Trade Deficit, Fix the Economy

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.10.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

Yet another report is out showing how the trade deficit is costing us millions of jobs and hurting our economy. This is a real problem that is hurting people, hurting communities, hurting our tax base and hurting our ability to make a living in the future.

The 10 Most Dangerous Cities in the United States

Drew Hendricks | Posted 04.01.2013 | Crime
Drew Hendricks

There are numerous factors that have to be considered when compiling such a list -- everything from differences in police reporting standards, urban borders and demographics make for a very loaded and fluid lineup.

Miami's Dangerous Distinction

Posted 11.05.2012 | Miami

South Florida's sunny shores provided enough shady cover to give Miami the unsavory distinction as the 17th most dangerous city in the country. Bus...

Charting the Course for Lasting Solvency

Michael K. Brown | Posted 05.16.2012 | Detroit
Michael K. Brown

Emergency managers have the ability to make policy changes that are not necessarily politically popular, but are considered to be in the best interest of the city and its residents.

Snyder Set To Debut Public Safety Plan

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 03.07.2012 | Detroit

A month after he rolled out his proposed budget, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will make an address on his plans to beef up public safety from Flint, one ...

Flint Passes LGBT Civil Rights Ordinance

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.05.2012 | Detroit

The City of Flint, Mich., passed an ordinance Monday to protect its residents from discrimination when renting or buying a home. The ordinance sta...

Michigan's budget crisis puts democracy on the chopping block

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.16.2012 | Detroit
The Center for Public Integrity

By Paul Abowd, iWatch NewsWhen the city of Pontiac, Mich., ordered the closing of its fire department in December, Councilman Kermit Williams found ...

A 75th Anniversary for the American Dream, a 25-Year Anniversary for Me

Michael Moore | Posted 04.12.2012 | Politics
Michael Moore

On this day 25 years ago, in 1987, I became a filmmaker. I had no idea on that morning in Flint, Mich. what my life would be like after that, or what would happen to Flint, or to General Motors.

Holy Tattoo: Flint Church Offers Permanent Prayer

Posted 01.07.2012 | Detroit

Crucifixes, lines of scripture and other religious iconography have long been subjects for tattoo artists, even as some traditions have frowned on the...

Flint EM Relaxes Grip On Elected Officials

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 12.21.2011 | Detroit

Flint Emergency Manager Michael Brown has decided to restore limited responsibilities and salaries to the city's mayor and city council, the Flint Jo...

Things That Wouldn't Go Bad Quickly

Erika Jost | Posted 01.21.2012 | Detroit
Erika Jost

The narrow aisles of Witherbee's, the self-proclaimed first downtown Flint grocery store in over 30 years, faltered under the strain of the shoppers who had descended like vultures upon its discounted corpse.

Memories of Flint, Part 2

Steve Mariotti | Posted 09.03.2011 | Impact
Steve Mariotti

In Flint, we all learned to play team sports, and to be loyal and honest to one another. The techniques of small business -- sales, marketing, and goal setting -- were a vital part of our daily culture.

Memories of Flint, Part 1

Steve Mariotti | Posted 09.02.2011 | Impact
Steve Mariotti

Founded in 1855 as a lumber-milling town, Flint had a population of over 200,000 by the time my family moved there in 1963, when I was ten. In 1977, the year that I left, close to 80,000 of its citizens worked for General Motors.

10 Cities That Will Take A Decade To Recover From Recession

24/7 Wall Street | Charles B. Stockdale | Posted 08.27.2011 | Business

24/7 Wall St.: The Great Recession officially began in December 2007 and ended in July 2009. This doesn’t mean that the economy has returned to wh...

Two New GM Plants To Create Jobs In Michigan

AP | Posted 07.13.2011 | Business

DETROIT -- General Motors says it will invest $109 million in its Flint and Bay City, Michigan, operations, keeping or creating 96 jobs. The investme...

Student Vets Advocate Eases Difficult Transitions From Overseas

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 06.13.2011 | Impact

Jeremy Glasstetter was building small airplanes at a private airstrip in Florida when the events of 9/11 forced him out of a job and led him to questi...

The Green They Steal, the Greed They Wear ...a St. Patrick's Day Lamentation

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Michael Moore

Wall Street owns "our" Congress lock, stock and big barrel o' campaign cash. What we call the "democratic process" is mostly a sham, pretty words that get repeated in the hopes we will all still fall for it.

President Obama, Replace Rahm With Me: An Open Letter From Michael Moore

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Moore

President Obama, I don't know what your team has been up to, but they haven't served you well. And Rahm, poor Rahm, has turned into a fighter -- not of Republicans, but of the left.

Michael Moore's Grapes of Wrath

Dan Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Dan Siegel

With the glimmering hope of the Obama campaign behind us, Moore's film is a wake-up call to renew and expand America's democratic promise.

Is the Opposite of Capitalism Democracy? A Review of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Anis Shivani

Moore explicitly states that we ought to turn to democracy as the alternative to capitalism. But the opposite of capitalism is not democracy, it is socialism.

Goodbye, GM

Michael Moore | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Michael Moore

Let's be clear about this: The only way to save GM is to kill GM. Saving our precious industrial infrastructure, though, is another matter and must be a top priority.

White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Steve Parker

Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

Turning Purple: Michigan Voters Indecisive, Overlooked and Just Plain Unaware

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Dan Treul

A little more than two weeks away from this state's January 15 primary, I have yet to hear a single person mention his or her intention to vote.