Third-Party Dollars [MAP, CHART]
Mike McMacken is one of a growing number of Michigan residents who have sent cash to Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary...
A nine-month stint with The Associated Press brought Sandra to Detroit...27 years ago. She has a bachelor's in journalism and history from Indiana University, and along the way added two master's degrees, one in library and information science and another in public administration, both from Wayne State University. Sandra has worked for The (Toledo) Blade covering education/children's issues, Detroit’s Metro Times and FEMA, where she deployed to Louisiana to help coordinate/communicate about community rebuilding/planning efforts for/after disasters. Sandra has won awards for broadcast, print, digital and community engagement work from the Michigan Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, State Bar of Michigan, Michigan Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists-Detroit chapter. WSU’s Public Administration program named her Alum of the Year in 2015 for her WDET work covering Detroit's bankruptcy. Sandra teaches adjunct faculty at Wayne State (political science) and UM-Dearborn (graduate public administration program). She volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit and with Freedom House Detroit. She loves her husband, dog, bicycle, usually in that order. Find her sailing on the Detroit River in her spare time.
Detroit Transit Advocate on the RTA Millage Proposal
“One of the great things about ballot measures is that the voters have the direct decision. You aren’t asking someone...
Michigan Money: Which Presidential Candidates Are Getting It? [MAPS, CHARTS]
A slim majority of Michigan money given to presidential candidates has gone to Democrats, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission...
The Intersection: Education a Leading Issue for the Region
Melissa Mason Black and white residents in southeast Michigan are split when it comes to their opinions about...
Grand Bargain: Early Payments Shift Investment Burden to Pension Funds
"The onus is now on the retirement systems," City Finance Director John Naglick. Melissa Mason During the city’s bankruptcy case,...
The Intersection: The Persistence of Poverty [MAP, CHARTS]
When the Kerner Commission Report came out in 1968 to explain the wave of urban violence across the country, its...
Detroit Olympian: Bora Gulari Sets Sail
GulariChafeeRacing.com Sandra Svoboda Detroiter Bora Gulari started sailing on a pond near Ann Arbor and developed his world-class career on the...
Going Motorless in the Motor City
A decade ago, Detroit had no bike lanes. This year, the count of marked miles for cyclists could reach 200....
Motorless in the Motor City: The Inner Circle Greenway Route
Detroit has some motor-less projects on its agenda including the Inner Circle Greenway, mapped below. Click on a point on...
Making a Better, Safer Motor(less) City
"I think there's no question that advocacy from the local community will make a difference," says Armando Carbonell, chair of...
Detroit’s Financial Picture
City officials this week filed Detroit's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, known as the "CAFR." It's a document that cities and school districts...
Other Rust Belt Cities Should Get Grand Bargains, Manhattan Institute Says
Manhattan Institute Foundations in other Rust Belt cities should contribute to underfunded municipal pensions, argues a Manhattan Institute author,...