The Workers Inquiry into the Bankruptcy of Detroit and the Attack on the DIA & Pensions was held Saturday, February 15 at Wayne State University. The World Socialist Web Site published an initial ...

Below we post one of several investigative reports presented at the Citizens Inquiry into the Dexter Avenue Fire, Utility Shutoffs and the Social Crisis in Detroit. In coming days the World Socialist ...

In Michigan, emergency skews black. State-appointed emergency managers currently run Detroit along with five other Michigan cities and three school districts. While the cities under emergency ...

NY TIMES (Jan. 7, 2009) — This is what life in one American city looks like after an industrial collapse: Unemployment is far below the national average (see chart above, data through April 2009).

When the chemical factories shuttered, leaving the Love Canal disaster and environmental degradation behind, the iconic city of Niagara Falls tried to find ways to recover. To stem massive population ...