Trump and Detroit

December 14, 2018 · Magazine, Politics, Cars

The president can’t save an industry he doesn’t understand

No Easy Repeat

December 4, 2018 · Magazine, Politics, 2020 Elections

Trump will struggle to win Michigan again.

Motor Mouth City

June 2, 2008 · Magazine, Richard Burr

The rest of the country may have dimly registered a flurry of scandal over romantic text messages involving Detroit's mayor four months ago. But the controversy has become a growing political cancer that threatens not only to get Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick turned out of office and even sent to jail,…

The Debacle of Delphi

October 21, 2005 · Blog, Richard Burr

WHEN THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL BANKRUPTCY in American history happened more than a week ago, Washington barely noticed. But the fight between the automotive parts giant Delphi Corporation and its unions could take a big bite out of taxpayers' wallets.