Topic: Detroit
The Virus and the City: A Better Way to Spend Covid Relief Funds
Drexel's Metro Finance Lab head on how four cities are allocating billions of federal dollars for inclusive growth. Philly, are you paying attention?
By Bruce Katz, Michael Tolan, Colin Higgins and Karyn Bruggeman
Guest Commentary: Seeing Philly Through Detroit-Colored Glasses
A trip to the Motor City leads The Economy League’s executive director to reflect on how far Philly has come—and where we are headed
By Jeff Hornstein
Ideas We Should Steal: One-Stop Coding & Job Shop
An inner city Detroit program places 90 percent of graduates in well-paying tech jobs. Could this be a path out of poverty for Philly residents too?
By Robert DiGiacomo
Ideas We Should Steal: Write A House
A Detroit program offers writers a (free) home of their own to bring new creative life to a dying city
By Emma Copley Eisenberg