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Thrive Detroit
Feb 28, 20133 min read
Restorative Justice: Making Things Right
After reading the title of this article, one might ask, “What difference can restorative justice make?” In order to even approach such a...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 2, 20132 min read
Outliers
My husband recently told me about a workplace conversation he was a part of that included a woefully ignorant woman in her fifties. I...
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Thrive Detroit
Dec 23, 20122 min read
Wishes for Detroit: 2013 Was the Year When…
Like many of you, I am a believer in the power of positive words to set the mind on a positive trajectory and to create an atmosphere...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 13, 20124 min read
Hope is the Constant
Like many of us, I spent the last months before the election with my heart in my throat, contemplating a future without Obama: a...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 12, 20122 min read
The People Have Spoken—Diversity Matters
Years ago my best friend and I would engage in regular, intense debate about politics. At the time I was voting for both parties but...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 12, 20123 min read
Holiday Gadget Guide 2012
Whether you live in a red state or a blue state, whether you are celebrating or sulking right now, one thing remains unchanged. The...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 11, 20122 min read
Broadening Our View of People
In the minds of some people, the word “homeless” is synonymous with drugs, laziness, or mental illness. But these labels make up only a...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 28, 20122 min read
The 3 E’s of our 2012 Farm Bill: Ecosystems, Eating, and Economics, and What Does That Have to Do wi
It would be an interesting exercise to go out and ask people, “What is the Farm Bill about?” and “How does it affect your life and what...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 26, 20124 min read
Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act, colloquially (and sometimes derisively) known as Obama Care, is about so much more than fairness and equality. ...
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Thrive Detroit
Oct 6, 20122 min read
Healthy America: A Series on Health Care Reform Part 1- Small Employer Tax Credits
Since its approval by Congress on March 23, 2010, many provisions of the Affordable Care Act have already been phased into our health...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 15, 20122 min read
Panhandling Is a Two-way Street
The recently-passed city ordinance addressing panhandling and begging in Detroit has been the topic of much conversation. Several city...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 14, 20123 min read
Let’s Solve the Inequality
Inequality. It’s the word printed on placards and signs, heralded by protesters and pundits, and contemplated by educators and...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 3, 20123 min read
Micro-enterprise opportunities: a key component in fighting poverty
When it comes to making decisions on how to eliminate poverty, a major challenge is the fact that everyone—from the constituent to the...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 5, 20122 min read
Welcome Editorial
Inaugural issue editorial published November 2011 On several occasions I’ve been asked rhetorically; “Aren’t newspapers dying? Isn’t...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 1, 20123 min read
The Cost of Compartmentalization
Prior to his exposure as a child rapist, I hadn’t really heard of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky or his late...
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 25, 20122 min read
Detroit and the Consent Agreement
“In a great city, City Hall must be a beacon to the people’s aspirations, not a barrier.” Tom Bradley, The Impossible Dream, 1986 As I...
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 9, 20123 min read
Make EITC Payments Automatic: A Plea to President Obama On Behalf of Working Families
For years now, I’ve been advocating the need to make Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) payments to Poor & Working Families automatic....
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 5, 20122 min read
President Obama’s Aide for Detroit in Limbo
Television and print news had called this foul action a result of alleged criminal activity, which is currently under investigation....
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 1, 20122 min read
Can’t we all just get along?
Every election has disagreements, but this one seems to have an extraordinary number of polarizing points. Much that is vital to the...
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 1, 20122 min read
Minding the Gap
By: Delphia Simmons “Please Mind the Gap.” If you have ever ridden the London subway you’ve heard this automated phrase upon entry and...
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