Reviewing the Grand Bargain: Saving Artwork and Funding Pensions in Detroit’s Bankruptcy
Jimmy Wayne (FLICKR/CC) Perhaps no single element helped propel Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings more than the so-called "grand bargain." The deal brought...
Winter Forecast: Not as Cold, Not as Snowy
The last two winters have been among the coldest on record in Detroit. But forecasters are predicting this winter will...
Trying to Make Sense of Paris Attacks
Wikipedia The attacks in Paris left the world rocked by emotion, confusion and frustration. Why did these events happen? How...
For Detroit Retirees, Bankruptcy Still Part of Daily Life
For City of Detroit retirees, the changes brought by bankruptcy are measured in the cuts they’ve taken to monthly pension...
Voices of Pensioners: A Year After Bankruptcy
For City of Detroit retirees, the changes made by the bankruptcy case are measured in the cuts they’ve taken to...
The Art of Bankruptcy and What Role the DIA Played in the Case
In 2012, voters in three southeast Michigan counties passed a millage to provide long-term regional support for the Detroit Institute...
Judging the Bankruptcy, One Year Later
Within several weeks of the conclusion of Detroit's bankruptcy case, the presiding judge, Steven Rhodes, retired. He had been scheduled...
The Detroit Bankruptcy and the Regional Water Authority
By Sarah Cwiek Michigan Radio, the Detroit Journalism Cooperative Detroit’s bankruptcy case produced the Great Lakes Water Authority, a new...
Automakers Looking to Animal Kingdom for Ideas
Detroit’s automakers are looking at some unusual sources of inspiration to generate new automotive ideas. For example, scientists at Ford...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 11-14-15
This week on RREM, new tracks from City & Colour and HBD to Neil Young (70), and remembering the late...
All Bets are Off in Detroit Casino Contract Negotiations
Negotiations are set to resume this weekend between the union representing casino workers in Detroit and operators of the city’s...
Philosophers and Welders
John Corvino, Chair of Wayne State's Philosophy Department, wrote a piece in Thursday's Detroit Free Press on why Marco Rubio was wrong when...