De-Growth

Getting to the bottom of Michigan’s pockets of decline.

De-Growth
06/26/2025

Why Detroit’s Richest People Need Handouts to Build Anything

Blue-chip businesses erected the RenCen without any help, and now Bedrock and GM want to tear part of it down with your money

Why Detroit’s Richest People Need Handouts to Build Anything

Blue-chip businesses erected the RenCen without any help, and now Bedrock and GM want to tear part of it down with your money

By Tom Gantert

De-Growth
06/17/2025

How Ranked-Choice Voting Can Silence Your Vote

The scheme is opposed by both political parties in the state, because it’s confusing

How Ranked-Choice Voting Can Silence Your Vote

The scheme is opposed by both political parties in the state, because it’s confusing

By Meghan Reckling

De-Growth
06/16/2025

They Called for Trump’s Assassination at No Kings Lansing

Meanwhile in Midland, Attorney General Dana Nessel cheered on the protests

They Called for Trump’s Assassination at No Kings Lansing

Meanwhile in Midland, Attorney General Dana Nessel cheered on the protests

By Aldo Buttazzoni

De-Growth
06/11/2025

The Feds Stole Our Sacred Copper Boulder and Won’t Give It Back

They confiscated the massive hunk of ore in 1847, and it’s currently gathering dust in a storeroom

The Feds Stole Our Sacred Copper Boulder and Won’t Give It Back

They confiscated the massive hunk of ore in 1847, and it’s currently gathering dust in a storeroom

By Brendan Clarey

De-Growth
06/10/2025

This State Survey Is Asking Your Kid Disturbing Questions

Asking pre-teens about their sexual behavior and whether they are trans is a way of normalizing the abnormal

This State Survey Is Asking Your Kid Disturbing Questions

Asking pre-teens about their sexual behavior and whether they are trans is a way of normalizing the abnormal

By Kamden Mulder

De-Growth
05/26/2025

It’s Still Coleman Young’s Detroit

The candidates have made clear they want gentrification to stop but also admitted that the city needs new sources of revenue

It’s Still Coleman Young’s Detroit

The candidates have made clear they want gentrification to stop but also admitted that the city needs new sources of revenue

By Jay Murray

De-Growth
05/15/2025

Grand Rapids’ AirGarage Crackdown Could Make Parking Worse

Do business owners really own their lots if they can’t earn a little extra income off of them?

Grand Rapids’ AirGarage Crackdown Could Make Parking Worse

Do business owners really own their lots if they can’t earn a little extra income off of them?

By Noah Gould

De-Growth
05/07/2025

SOS! Benson’s Real ID Rollout Is a Disaster

Her branches are mishandling documents, and the feds are threatening a full-blown audit

SOS! Benson’s Real ID Rollout Is a Disaster

Her branches are mishandling documents, and the feds are threatening a full-blown audit

By Charlie LeDuff

De-Growth
05/02/2025

MSU’s Art Museum Has a Woke Dungeon

The collection consists of wholly unoriginal attempts to lecture on whatever the current cause célèbre of the Left is—usually six months or so late

MSU’s Art Museum Has a Woke Dungeon

The collection consists of wholly unoriginal attempts to lecture on whatever the current cause célèbre of the Left is—usually six months or so late

By Bobby Mars

Why Detroit’s Richest People Need Handouts to Build Anything

Blue-chip businesses erected the RenCen without any help, and now Bedrock and GM want to tear part of it down with your money

How Ranked-Choice Voting Can Silence Your Vote

The scheme is opposed by both political parties in the state, because it’s confusing

They Called for Trump’s Assassination at No Kings Lansing

Meanwhile in Midland, Attorney General Dana Nessel cheered on the protests

The Feds Stole Our Sacred Copper Boulder and Won’t Give It Back

They confiscated the massive hunk of ore in 1847, and it’s currently gathering dust in a storeroom

This State Survey Is Asking Your Kid Disturbing Questions

Asking pre-teens about their sexual behavior and whether they are trans is a way of normalizing the abnormal

It’s Still Coleman Young’s Detroit

The candidates have made clear they want gentrification to stop but also admitted that the city needs new sources of revenue

Grand Rapids’ AirGarage Crackdown Could Make Parking Worse

Do business owners really own their lots if they can’t earn a little extra income off of them?

SOS! Benson’s Real ID Rollout Is a Disaster

Her branches are mishandling documents, and the feds are threatening a full-blown audit

MSU’s Art Museum Has a Woke Dungeon

The collection consists of wholly unoriginal attempts to lecture on whatever the current cause célèbre of the Left is—usually six months or so late