In Michigan, few places have been hit as hard by the twin forces of deindustrialization and residential flight as the communities in and around Flint.
October 21, 2015
On rainy days, the roof that covers the lone building that makes up Rudyard Area Schools might as well be a sieve.
October 21, 2015
A small district bordered on all sides by the City of Detroit, Hamtramck Public Schools have witnessed successes that often belie the district’s conditions.
October 21, 2015
One of the oldest public-school districts in part of the state, the Muskegon City Schools district has spent more than 120 years educating children in and around the southwestern Michigan community.
October 21, 2015
When rain pelts the lone schoolhouse in Rudyard, Mich., teachers at the Upper Peninsula facility launch into a hurried version of musical chairs, hastily re-arranging students’ desks to dodge abundant leak
October 21, 2015Recently a Catholic hospital denied permission to Jessica Mann, a pregnant Michigan woman with a life-threatening brain tumor, to have her tubes tied after she delivers her baby--despite her doctor's recommendation.
October 1, 2015