Oct 23 Teen poets writing in a troubled city By Mary Jo Brooks // In addition to workshops and classes, InsideOut hosts poetry readings throughout the city. The NewsHour recently attended one at the Dell Pryor art gallery in Midtown Detroit. Here are Patty Lare, and two InsideOut alumni -- Terrell Morrow and… Continue reading
Oct 23 Poet's Notebook: InsideOut in Detroit By Victoria Fleischer Natasha Trethewey and Jeffrey Brown visit with students at InsideOut, a Detroit-based literary arts project that exposes children to poetry. Photo by Mary Jo Brooks. Journeying to Detroit a few weeks ago I felt much as I did the first… Continue reading
Oct 23 Student Poets in Detroit answer the question 'Where does poetry live?' By Victoria Fleischer InsideOut brings writers to Detroit public schools to encourage students to express themselves. Writer Peter Markus asked his class at Marcus Garvey Academy, a K-8 school in east Detroit, the same question that U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey and the… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch Detroit residents work to engage the community with signs of hope, resurgence Detroit residents work to engage the community with signs of hope, resurgence… Continue watching
Oct 18 Watch Detroit's InsideOut students and alumni perform their poetry Detroit's InsideOut student and alumni perform their poetry. Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Facing Bankruptcy Unknowns, Detroiters Take Revitalization Into Their Own Hands Facing Bankruptcy Unknowns, Detroiters Take Revitalization Into Their Own Hands… Continue watching
Aug 04 Detroit May Be Bankrupt, but as an American, You're Not By Paul Solman Earlier on this page, our regular Social Security columnist Larry Kotlikoff argued in favor of "generational accounting" and the recently introduced Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act (INFORM Act), which he helped draft and which has garnered the support of… Continue reading
Aug 04 Detroit Today, Washington Tomorrow By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff The official debt total is well below the true "fiscal gap," argues Larry Kotlikoff, who has helped draft the INFORM Act. Photo courtesy of Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Paul Solman: Larry Kotlikoff is a dear friend of both… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Will Other U.S. Cities Follow in Detroit's Footsteps? Shoring Up the Fiscal Health of Other U.S. Cities in Light of Crisis in Detroit… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch Who Will Bear the Financial Burdens of Detroit's Bankruptcy? Who Will Bear the Financial Burdens of Detroit Going Bankrupt?… Continue watching