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Detroit's recovery: The glass is half-full at most

  • Written by Laura A. Reese, Professor of Political Science and Director, Global Urban Studies Program, Michigan State University
imageEmpty field north of downtown Detroit, photographed nine months before the city declared bankruptcy in 2013AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File

After decades of demographic and economic decline, culminating in America’s largest municipal bankruptcy in 2013, many observers were ready to proclaim that the city of Detroit was dead. But over the past...

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