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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Flint Meet New Orleans

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I've always thought the economic forces that battered Flint were the equivalent of a natural disaster, a slow-motion hurricane Katrina...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Remembering the Flint Sit-Down Strike

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Michael Moore and Oliver Stone Defend Julian Assange

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Michael Moore and Oliver Stone team up in today in a  New York Times editorial to defend WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. They write : S...
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Flint Photos: Sit Down Strikers 1937

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Sit-Down Strikers in the cafeteria at Fisher Body Plant #1 in 1937.

Flint Postcards: Dawn Donuts Franchise

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Immigrants as Economic Engines for Cities

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Readers have suggested in the past that the best way to revive Flint is to flood it with immigrants who could take advantage of the cheap ho...
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Rustbelt Demographics: Population Decline in Mid-Sized Cities

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Speaking of population decline , let's see how Flint matches up with some other rustbelt cities. Flint, Michigan 1860 2,950 — 1...
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Flint Postcards: The Flint River at Sunset

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An old postcard of Flint or a glimpse of the future? If the demographic trends continue, what will Flint be like when almost no one lives...
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Morrissey to Perform in Flint

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This seems like a mistake, but Morrissey has scheduled a concert at Flint's Whiting Auditorium on Friday, October 26. Can Flint han...
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Flint on Film

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Flint Expatriate John Mucha provides a healthy dose of late sixties-early seventies Flint in 8mm. This was originally posted on April 1...
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