They can be a threat to public health, and a poor solution to larger environmental problems. Organizers from Baltimore to Detroit to Los Angeles are working for a future without them.
Detroit public schools shut off the district-wide water supply last week after tests found elevated levels of lead or copper in 34 schools.
The company just announced its acquisition of the Michigan Central Station in downtown Detroit, an icon of the city's 20th-century glory days and its precipitous fall since.
Critics say the legislation being put forth in Michigan will unfairly benefit rural white communities over the more urban black areas—but is that true?
The Trump administration is appealing earlier court decisions securing due process for the Iraqi nationals and preventing them from what advocates say is unlawful detention.
How an art installation created by a Ukrainian-American auto-plant worker has become a symbol for the hope and heartbreak of immigrants.
The city's cultural and economic revival remains segmented along stark racial and class lines.
Detroit is yet another example of America's need to exculpate itself by watching black people die.
An aging population and decline in housing affordability are just two of the long-term issues residents of Detroit will face in coming years.
Lessons about Flint’s long history of dirty water—from 1873 to the latest revelations about toxic taps.
Henry Ford and Detroit radically changed the economic geography of the world. Now, Jeff Bezos and Seattle are poised to do the same.
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
As folks gear up for end-of-summer road trips, Levi Tillemann makes the case for a synthetic market for automotive safety.
Detroit is thwarting its diagnosis of doom thanks to a group of longtime residents.
Yes, San Francisco has greater inequality than Detroit. But it also boasts higher employment and social mobility.
We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.
In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
Waterloo's tech boom went bust, revealing the rise of the intangible economy.
Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush probably won't say much in his speaking tour. That's because in politics, vagueness is key.
Talented people are starting to move to places where the cost of living is more reasonable, but a town can't just be cheap and wonderful. It also has to be connected.
Chinese investors are buying up much of the bankrupt city's real estate. What might this mean for the future of the country Detroit is often used to symbolize?
Don't be surprised when, in 50 years, the structures being built to accommodate the spread of Silicon Valley are left abandoned and crumbling.