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• The Daily Report

  Driving Through Detroit

  Diana Lind | Thu, Aug 21st, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Detroit | Tags: detroit, artists, urban renewal, detroit free press, palmer woods, demolition | 2

  One of the most-commented-on stories from Issue #19 of Next American City is Rob and Andy Linn’s take on demolition in Detroit. I recently came across an old piece by Bill McGraw of the Detroit Free Press where he drove 2,700 miles — every block of Detroit — during four months. In a five-part series, he explains that the city looks a lot worse — and better — than he thought.

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  Kids in Detroit say “segregation isn’t okay with us.” But is anyone listening?

  Hayley Richardson | Fri, Oct 26th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: hayley richardson, detroit free press, barry checkoway, university of michigan, youth dialogues on race and ethnicity in metropolitan detroit | 0

  University of Michigan professor Barry Checkoway writes a thought-provoking column today in the Detroit Free Press. At a recent football game, he watched a group of white suburban and black inner city youths march together holding signs that said “Challenge segregation ... Increase dialogue ... Create change.”

  In Detroit, the nation’s most segregated city, it’s the kids who are saying, “this isn’t okay with us.”

  The students who marched are all participants in Youth Dialogues on…

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