Oversight, done skillfully, is essential for effective bipartisan work. Promoting, teaching and demonstrating it is the goal for the Levin Center, named for Michigan’s recently retired U.S. senator.
Detroit Journalism Cooperative
Posted inGuest Commentary
Making a case for racial equity in dollars, cents and growth
Equality isn’t a zero-sum game. It’s good for everybody, everywhere in Michigan. And couldn’t we use a little more of that?
Posted inGuest Commentary
Mackinac Conference should address race in Detroit in Detroit
A long-overdue talk on race won’t yield results in the gleaming corridors of the Grand Hotel. The powers that be need to get out of their comfort zone and into city neighborhoods for any real discussion, and change, to take shape.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Coalition supporting Detroit schools a step in the city’s road back
Both the city and the state will benefit from a collaboration from stakeholders dedicated to improving education in the state’s largest city.
Posted inTalent & Education
Why Detroit’s new school leadership won’t much matter
Detroit will improve its chronically low-performing schools when the system focuses more on proven, consistent academic reforms and less on changes to its power structure.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Photo gallery: A day in the life of Detroit after bankruptcy
Michigan Radio asked photographer Ali Lapetina to traverse Detroit one day; she returned with this gallery of a city in motion
Posted inUrban Affairs
A forlorn park gets a fixup
When a fence went up around a cherished community park, residents thought gentrification might be the culprit. But it turns out a neighborhood development group is making the park better.
Posted inUrban Affairs
As good jobs finally arrive, few Detroiters have the skills to fill them
Thousands of positions in construction, healthcare, information technology and other high-growth fields are finally coming as Detroit emerges from bankruptcy. But a rollback in job programs and an educational system that leaves many young adults short on reading and math skills means many Detroiters can’t even quality for job training.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Detroit Public Schools taking a new approach with trade schools
Detroit Public Schools once served thousands of students daily at vocational -technical career centers. Declining enrollment and high school closures led to cuts. DPS is now re-inventing the trade schools.
Posted inUrban Affairs
Death of a feather bowler
In a Belgian hangout on the east side, players of an obscure game say farewell to a beloved league member.