Crossposted to darksumomo . Michigan News Detroit Free Press: Michigan will be among the poorest states for years, study says BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU CHIEF Reliance on a shrinking automotive industry, the loss of 1 million jobs, outmoded taxes and lack of government reforms will make Michigan one of the nation's 10 poorest states for the foreseeable future...

Salon has a good article up on the Stupak amendment , which they call Stupak-Pitts because Rep. Pitts's office put together a lot of the structure of the actual text, and how their connections to the Family, a cross-party fundamentalist political organisation, helped it all come together. This short article is worth reading in its entirety because of its discussion of the rising role of the evangelical...

Crossposted to darksumomo Featured Story New Geography: Detroit: Urban Laboratory and the New American Frontier by Aaron M. Renn The troubles of Detroit are well-publicized. Its economy is in free fall, people are streaming for the exits, it has the worst racial polarization and city-suburb divide in America, its government is feckless and corrupt (though I should hasten to add...

Crossposted to darksumomo Michigan News CNN Money: Solution to Detroit's jobless: Move By Hibah Yousuf, CNNMoney.com contributing writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Detroit continued to lead the nation's cities of 1 million people or more with the highest unemployment rate in September, according to government figures released Wednesday. And for Detroit's painful unemployment...

crossposted to darksumomo From Offbeat Bride via Kotaku and solarbird . Anli & Laura's Lesbian Gamer Geek Wedding The offbeat bride : Anli, data analyst Her offbeat partner : Laura, public servant Location & date of wedding : The Old Stone House, NSW Australia — 5 September 2009 What made our wedding offbeat : We wanted a ceremony that reflected our geeky, romantic...

Crossposted to darksumomo Michigan News Detroit Free Press: Exodus fueled by job losses bedevils Michigan BY RON DZWONKOWSKI FREE PRESS COLUMNIST I expect the 2010 census will show just how severely Michigan is in the grip of "demonics." That's my word for when your demographics are affected by your economics, or when money and jobs start figuring in people coming and going...

Crossposted to darksumomo First, a word from His Honor, The Mayor. Detroit Free Press: The delusions that Detroiters can no longer afford to indulge BY DAVE BING It is both amazing and unfortunate that many fail or refuse to understand a reality that is staring us all in the face. We are in a modern day recession. The lines at resource and assistance initiatives mirror those of soup...

Crossposted to darksumomo . As promised in my previous post , here is this week's Sunday Night News from Detroit. In this issue, "green shoots" (in more ways than one), the state budget crisis, re-tooling the auto industry, the Census, death in Detroit, and the Wayne State University Marching Band. No, really. Michigan News Free Press: Many experts say Michigan's recovery will follow...

Crossposted to darksumomo . Found this while preparing Sunday Night News from Detroit and thought it was worth sharing early and in its entirety. Dyspathy.com: Assignment Detroit: The Drinking Game 1. Every Detroit as New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina reference, drink. 2. For every mention of landmarks demolished or soon to be demolished, drink. If the landmark in the Michigan...

Crossposted to darksumomo The stories below are part of a planned year-long series in Time and other publications in the Time-Warner media conglomerate entitled Assignment Detroit . More stories, including a blog , can be found at the link. Time: Assignment Detroit: Why Time Inc. Is in Motown By John Huey This summer the editors at Time Inc. did something a little out of the ordinary...