American-made car sales skyrocket

Rick Snyder’s conservative utopia

The human rights crisis in Detroit

Third world country within US borders

Big money’s big play in Detroit

Laura Ingraham: "We Can Then Wall Off Detroit" If Immigrants Move There

www.mediamatters.org/blog/2014/01/28/laura-ingraham-we-can-then-wall-off-detroit-if/197785
"Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham derided Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's plan to attract skilled immigrants to work and live in bankrupt Detroit, saying "we can then wall off Detroit" to keep those immigrants from moving to other parts of the country."

Michigan GOPer: 'Herd all the Indians' to Detroit, build a fence and throw them some corn

Michigan GOPer: 'Herd all the Indians' to Detroit, build a fence and throw them some corn

"A Republican county official in Michigan is in hot water after making racial comments about Detroit, including the idea that the city should be turned into a detention center for "all the Indians"."

Detroit Retirees Will Lose Health Insurance In 2 Months If City Manager Gets His Way

www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/06/3121671/detroit-retirees-lose-health-insurance/
"About 24,000 retired Detroit public servants will soon receive letters notifying them that they are losing their health insurance on March 1, even as the city claims to be negotiating with retirees’ groups to strike a better deal on health care"

Detroit’s Deals with Financial Institutions Led to Disaster

Detroit’s Deals with Financial Institutions Led to Disaster
"Today’s New York Times published one of the most important stories yet about the Detroit bankruptcy, a story that shines a harsh light on the financial institutions whose tricky deal-making helped tank the city’s finances. At the heart of the story is Detroit’s decision to enter into swap contracts that were spectacularly ill-advised."

How Wall Street Bankrupted Detroit | Interview with Richard Wolff

The Bankruptcy and Privatization of Detroit Is a Terrifying Preview of What Republicans Want to Do to the Rest of the Country | Alternet

The Bankruptcy and Privatization of Detroit Is a Terrifying Preview of What Republicans Want to Do to the Rest of the Country | Alternet
"The privatization of Detroit is about to begin, and there’s no way the billionaire class is going to miss it."

What the media isn't telling you about Detroit's bankruptcy

Detroit’s conservative utopia

Detroit Bankruptcy Bankrupts Democracy | The Nation

Detroit Bankruptcy Bankrupts Democracy | The Nation
"There is a lot more at stake in Detroit, and in Michigan, than one city’s balance sheet.
Our understanding of democracy, itself, is being subverted.
The voters of Michigan sent a clear signal last fall. They rejected emergency-manager authoritarianism.
Unfortunately, a federal bankruptcy judge has sided with a governor who could not win an election in Detroit and an approach that Detroit voters rejected.
This has nothing to do with budgeting, debt or broader fiscal matters. Those issues could, and should, be addressed by an elected mayor and city council.
This has everything to do with allowing unelectable and unelected officials—and the interests they serve—to achieve political results that could not be secured at the ballot box."

Judge OK's Detroit Bankruptcy, Puts Public Pensions Under the Axe | Common Dreams

Judge OK's Detroit Bankruptcy, Puts Public Pensions Under the Axe | Common Dreams
"U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes ruled Tuesday that the city of Detroit is eligible for bankruptcy after a long court battle between city appointed 'emergency manager' Kevyn Orr and union and labor activists who say the decision paves the way for workers' pensions to be cut."

How Wall Street Bled Detroit Dry | Common Dreams

How Wall Street Bled Detroit Dry | Common Dreams
"Shady Wall Street dealings and massive corporate subsidies are responsible for Detroit's financial nosedive, not worker and retiree pensions, a report published Wednesday reveals."

Top Michigan Official: Detroit Bankruptcy ‘Looks Premeditated’

Top Michigan Official: Detroit Bankruptcy ‘Looks Premeditated’: Testimony from the former state Treasurer who worked on the bankruptcy filing gives retirees a boost in their fight against pension cuts.

Detroit May Not Go Bankrupt. Here’s The Last Chance To Avoid It.

Detroit May Not Go Bankrupt. Here’s The Last Chance To Avoid It.: Here's what you need to know to understand Detroit's bankruptcy eligibility hearing this week.

Sending A Strong Message: Unelected Detroit Officials Shut Off Power Downtown Because Ha That'll Show Residents Who Didn't Cut Back Like He Told 'Em To | Common Dreams

Sending A Strong Message: Unelected Detroit Officials Shut Off Power Downtown Because Ha That'll Show Residents Who Didn't Cut Back Like He Told 'Em To | Common Dreams
"Detroit's incompetent autocratic chief compliance officer - who works for the incompetent autocratic emergency manager who was apppointed by the incompetent autocratic GOP governor who helped crash the economy - deliberately, and evidently somewhat bemusedly,  shut down much of the city's power grid on 9/11 to send "a strong message" to ornery residents who failed to listen to him the first time when he warned them to reduce power usage that might threaten an already-burdened infrastructure."

Detroit Emergency Manager Created Black Out To 'Teach A Lesson'

Detroit Emergency Manager Created Black Out To 'Teach A Lesson'
"In a perfect world, it would be a crime, and someone would actually go to jail. Preferably a jail without air conditioning, or cable tv and situated on the banks of the Detroit River, next to the Koch Brother's piles of petcoke."