A work stoppage hitting the three largest American automakers at the same time is unprecedented.
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Reuther was both ambitious and pragmatic, scoring many victories for autoworkers.
A strike would shake up the auto industry, even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive market controlled by GM, Ford and Stellantis have been shrinking for decades.
Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1. His legacy includes songs that memorialize tragic shipping disasters and the 1968 Detroit Uprising.
Community wealth building is a direct response to extractive policies and aims to build an economy on the principles of local ownership and control of assets.
When a local authority runs out of cash, it is its most vulnerable citizens who suffer the most from the cuts to services and staffing that follow.
The perishable nature of agri-food products makes any delay at the Canada-U.S. border costly to farmers, businesses and consumers.
A look back at how Canada secured auto investment in the past shows how a peripheral economy gained a major auto sector — and how it might hold onto it even in the face of U.S. protectionism on EVs.
Shoreline communities are already faltering under the weight of billions of dollars in damages — and worrying that climate change will continue to make things even worse.
Long distances often preclude families in the Motor City from sending their kids to the best schools in the area, new research shows.
Schools can impact the mental health and well-being of not just students but their parents, too.
Nurses on both sides of the border report that they aren’t getting the support they need to feel safe on the job and maintain their own health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With sales tax revenues plummeting because of the pandemic, many cities will face bankruptcy – and that could affect everything from retirees’ pensions to whether roads get fixed.
A federal court with jurisdiction over Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee found that the state governments have a legal obligation to ensure that children can learn how to read.
It helps when school leaders are open about their financial struggles before it’s too late to forge a good plan.
A new project for Detroit middle and high schoolers combines athletics and mathematical concepts.
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who’s studied the decline of the US auto industry explains why.
Examining 302 police reports in Detroit, a new study shows that animal cruelty is tightly connected to human relationships.
City decline is neither a fatality nor an urban nightmare. It can even be the background to a resilience strategy.
General Motors has announced it’s closing plants in Canada and the U.S. Many of the towns have built cars for decades or longer. A plant closing shatters people’s sense of belonging and identity.
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Professor Emeritus of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University
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Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Law, University of Dayton
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Teaching, Wayne State University
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Geology, University of Michigan-Dearborn
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Associate Professor, School of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Law and Education Policy, Michigan State University
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Director of Creative Writing, Vanderbilt University
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Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning, Wayne State University
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Postdoctoral research associate, RWTH Aachen University
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Senior Lecturer in City Planning, UNSW Sydney
