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The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit

Apr 20, 2015
The city that was the arsenal of the 20th century may also provide the blueprint for a more precarious era: 100,000 of its residents are on what many call an eviction “conveyor belt.”

Weapons ‘R’ Us: Making Warbirds Instead of Thunderbirds

Jan 26, 2012
“Makin’ Thunderbirds” is about auto workers back in 1955 who were “young and proud” to be making Ford cars. But in the early 1980s, Bob Seger sings, “the plants have changed and you’re lucky if you work." Now America's plants make the deadliest of weapons.