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Detroit’s troubles can help us find the way to full recovery

August 12, 2013 Arthur Lieber Cities, Crime/Violence, Education, Environment, History, Homelessness, Infrastructure One comment

As part of his Great Society Program in the mid to late 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson persuaded Congress to enact the Model Cities

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Progressive Forum to be held in Detroit

May 25, 2010 Madonna Gauding Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Economy, Politics Leave a comment

The first US Social Forum (USSF) took place in Atlanta in June 2007.  Twelve thousand progressive social-justice advocates from all over the country came

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