Detroit bankruptcy

Testing water in West Virginia.

What If Your Tap Water Was Too Polluted to Drink? What If Your Tap Water Was Too Polluted to Drink?

This sorry state of affairs is the daily reality for too many Americans.

Oct 30, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Angela Flournoy.

House of the Dispossessed House of the Dispossessed

Angela Flournoy's The Turner House is a story of the living and the lost.

Aug 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

Lloyd Blankfein

Is Goldman Sachs Partly to Blame for Greece’s Debt Crisis? Is Goldman Sachs Partly to Blame for Greece’s Debt Crisis?

The bank should be held morally accountable for its risky deal-making, says Reich. Nonsense, says Cohan—that's “populist demagoguery.”

Jul 23, 2015 / William D. Cohan and Robert B. Reich

Detroit Water Crisis illustration

Detroit Is Ground Zero in the New Fight for Water Rights Detroit Is Ground Zero in the New Fight for Water Rights

As many as 25,000 families are at risk of having their water shut off. These activists are fighting back.

Jul 15, 2015 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener

The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes

The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes

Long-time residents are fighting to keep their homes in what could be the single largest tax foreclosure in American history.

Apr 20, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener

Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal

Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal Two Detroits, Separate and Unequal

The Detroit of wealthy enclaves and private guards looks nothing like the other Detroit, which is becoming more uninhabitable every day.

Nov 17, 2014 / Laura Gottesdiener

Wringing Detroit Dry

Wringing Detroit Dry Wringing Detroit Dry

Detroit residents are fighting austerity for all of us.

Jul 30, 2014 / John Nichols

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