Since the early days of Henry Ford, Michigan was the proud symbol of America's industrial might. But then, starting in the 1970s, things went south -- in part because of the might of the unions that ...

Deindustrialization, suburban flight, and over-reliance on a single industry turned Detroit from America’s richest city into ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Rust Belt Riders will purchase, not lease, the former city-owned waste-transfer station on East 79th Street for its new composting hub. Cleveland will sell the six-acre brownfield ...

Since the early days of Henry Ford, Michigan was the proud symbol of America's industrial might. But then, starting in the 1970s, things went south — in part because of the might of the unions that ...

But then, starting in the 1970s, things went south -- in part because of the might of the unions that ran the state's political machine. That's when Michigan transitioned into the sad symbol of closed ...