New York Times flogs pension problems, ignores regional context in Detroit post-mortem
A front-page article exemplifies exactly the kind of one-sided narrative of Detroit’s decline that has prevented meaningful debate about the city’s complex problems and their potential solutions.
Detroit’s woes can be eased, but region's officials avert their eyes
Reconstruction program done right would require policy makers to put aside one-dimensional narratives.
Segregation and racial politics long the death knell for regionalism in Detroit area
Neither city nor suburban officials would look past selfish concerns.
Squandered opportunities leave Detroit isolated
Historical failure to achieve regional cooperation hastened, intensified city's decline. Experts suggest that city and entire region could have prospered through partnership.
Detroit consigned to an unnecessarily bleak future?
Proposed short-term solutions for Detroit's immediate financial crisis likely to exacerbate long-term problems.
If it's broke, why not fix it?
In 2007, New Jersey created a commission that promised a path to streamlining its inefficient patchwork of municipalities. But that entity has been defunded before it had a chance to fulfill its mission.