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Detroit: City of Hope

Building a sustainable economy out of the ashes of industry.

By Grace Lee Boggs

Detroit is a city of Hope rather than a city of Despair. The thousands of vacant lots and abandoned houses not only provide the space to begin anew but also the incentive to create innovative ways of making our living—ways that nurture our productive, cooperative and caring selves. The media and pundits keep repeating that today’s economic meltdown is the worst… return to article

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