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Fawn Kern is a Highland Park resident and mother of a 19-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son. She’s an ordinary citizen who is doing something extraordinary—she’s working to make her city a better place for children and families. That’s no easy task in Highland...

I was disturbed by the story coming out of Eastpointe this week where police are investigating racial threats against African-American residents on the city’s south side. The black residents received letters demanding that they move “back across 8 Mile,” and were...

As the poster child for industrial decline , Detroit has become a favorite subject of study and dissection. It can be exhausting. But one of the benefits of the renewed interest in Detroit is that the city has the potential to benefit from all of the bright minds...

Last Friday, June 18, 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the State of Michigan had the second highest unemployment rate in the nation. This marked the first time since April 2006—49 consecutive months—that Michigan was not number one!  The dubious...

D3’s recent work with the Center for Michigan found a number of areas – particularly around education, employment and income—where Michigan ranked near the bottom.  As a result, we are always pleased to report better news—even if it’s not about our economic recovery....