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Detroit: You Know You're Wealthy When...
by
Sarah Cwiek
Jun 4, 2013
How do you know you're wealthy? Here's what people in a city that's $15 billion in debt had to say.
A small pocket of Detroit is thriving, but it's not a comeback city yet
by
Sarah Hulett
Jun 3, 2013
There's an urban revival in the downtown neighborhood of Midtown, but the level of affluence is less than in other reviving urban centers.
Detroit mulls auctioning art masterpieces to pay debt
May 27, 2013
A fight over city jewels brews as the emergency manager of Detroit wants to appraise masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Detroit's emergency manager brings hope, fear
by
Kai Ryssdal
Mar 14, 2013
Bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr was installed today as Detroit's emergency financial manager. It's a move that's not without controversy, and maybe a little hope, as well.
Charlie LeDuff on going home to Detroit, and the problems with ruin porn
by
Kai Ryssdal
Feb 7, 2013
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Charlie LeDuff goes home in his latest book, "Detroit: An American Autopsy."
The cost of demolishing a home in Detroit
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 29, 2013
Writer dream hampton discusses what happened when her childhood home in Detroit recently burned down.
Detroit on verge of bankruptcy... again
by
Sarah Cwiek
Nov 26, 2012
An internal scuffle between Detroit's city council and the state of Michigan could drive the Motor City's budget into a big ditch.
For public good, not for profit.
Detroit, San Francisco housing a big hit these days
Oct 23, 2012
The Detroit Tigers take on the San Francisco Giants in first game of the World Series. Detroit has the auto industry, San Fran has the tech sector, but recently both cities have scored solid gains in their housing markets.
'Detropia' sees Detroit as a reflection of the U.S.
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 4, 2012
The new film "Detropia" chronicles the problems going on in the city and how the rest of the America can take a lesson from the problems Detroit is having.
U.S. auto companies make big comeback
by
Dan Bobkoff
Aug 28, 2012
The major Detroit automakers, GM, Ford and Chrysler, are all operating their factories at 100 percent capacity, according to a new report by the Detroit News.