Tag Archives: Dearborn Heights

1/3 of the nation’s 24 most rapidly depopulating cities are in one state… Welcome to Michigan

By Mark | July 7, 2014

It’s not something you’re likely to hear mentioned in Governor Snyder’s reelection ads, but, according to census data shared today by Bloomberg News 8 of America’s 25 most drastically shrinking cities are in Michigan. I would have expected to see Detroit and Flint make the list of our nation’s most quickly depopulating cities, along with […]

Posted in Michigan | Also tagged census, Dearborn, depopulation, Detroit, Flint, Livonia, Michigan's aging cities, Pure Michigan, Saginaw, Taylor, Westland | 13 Comments

Syed Taj on the separation of church and state, going up against extremist conservative candidates, and running for the House of Representatives as a Muslim

By Mark | October 14, 2012

I’ve spent a great deal of time these past few weeks explaining why it is that I think that folks shouldn’t vote for either the Tea Party activist Kerry Bentivolio or the white supremacist Daniel Johnson in the race to represent Michigan’s 11th congressional district, but I haven’t really made the case as to why […]