John E. Mogk

Howard was one of the most conscientious, hardworking, sincere and principled men in 19th-century America. He deserves honors for his contributions to the laws of the land.

This summer, the nonprofit organization New Detroit declared war on racism. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, elected officials and policymakers must join the fight for it to matter.

It takes a tragic killing such as George Floyd’s and the rebellions that have followed for there to be a wake-up call that structural racism remains below the surface and alive in America.

We won’t rebuild Detroit’s middle class without thinking outside the box. Here’s one idea.

An appeals court is expected to soon decide whether the state is shorting Michigan local governments billions of dollars a year under the Headlee Amendment to the state constitution  

Rethinking why we still celebrate U.S. Sen. Lewis Cass, who owned and sold slaves, and helped implement national “Indian Removal” policies.

Urban violence is the easy answer for the decline of Michigan’s largest city. But many policy decisions, before and after the unrest, played a larger part in depopulation and its related problems.