Allie Gross
A New Video Shows a Detroit School Cop Manhandling a Teen Girl
"I truly did not expect anything like this to happen when I went to school," says the girl.
How Cops Terrorize People Without Even Arresting Them
Anger at police brutality usually revolves around the shooting of unarmed people, but cops don't have to physically harm—or even arrest—to do lasting damage.
Why Cops Broke Up a School Brawl with Chemical Spray
The aftermath of a nasty scene at a Detroit public high school raises fresh doubts about whether cops should be disciplining students.
The Reindeer Farmer Congressman Who Thinks He Might Be Santa Claus
A look back on Congressman Santa Claus's short, but colorful, stint in public office.
A Museum Is Preserving the Artifacts of Old Detroit and Turning Them into Art
As the Detroit Blight Task Force begins tearing down the city's crumbling buildings, the artists of the Seafoam Palace are trying to save the wreckage and transform it into something new.
Detroit's New Policing Strategy Is Stop-And-Frisk on a Massive Scale
Since 2003, Detroit's police department had been under the federal oversight of the US Department of Justice, and shaking its bad rap had been difficult.
Detroit's New Policing Strategy Is Stop-And-Frisk on a Massive Scale
The Detroit Police Department has come a long way since the days when its cops were the deadliest in America. But the DPD's "broken windows" tactics are just excessive force in another form.
You Can't Shoot Strangers Just Because You're Scared
We still don't know how or why 19-year-old Renisha McBride wound up on Theodore Wafer's suburban front porch last November. But we do know that Wafer responded by shooting her in the face through a screen door—and that that's murder.
Sad Strip Clubs, Sadder Art Shows: Touring Detroit Old and New with Jamaican Queens
Taking Stock of a Constantly Shifting City