http://dir.salon.com/topics/michigan/?source=rss&aim=michigan en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT By Andy Kroll Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/03/kroll/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/03/kroll/index.html?source=rss Rising tuition and sinking bank accounts are turning the nation's colleges into bastions of inequality. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/18/california_unemployment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/18/california_unemployment/index.html?source=rss The state sets a new record for unemployment. But don't worry Michigan, you're still number one. By Mike Madden Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/big_three/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/05/big_three/index.html?source=rss On bended knee, and with promises to retool their operations, the Big Three ask Congress for billions to save the auto industry. They might get it this time. By Edward McClelland Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/26/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/26/auto_industry/index.html?source=rss As Washington clashes over a Big Three bailout, it's ignoring the best cure to the automakers' ills: Universal healthcare. By Sarah Hepola Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/15/cop_pregnant/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/10/15/cop_pregnant/index.html?source=rss The ACLU is representing five Detroit police officers forced to take sick leave after getting pregnant. Why not just give them desk duty? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/17/state_unemployment/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/17/state_unemployment/index.html?source=rss New state jobless numbers fuel GOP criticism of the stimulus. Michigan leads the pack in labor market woe By Mike Madden Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/29/obama_michigan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/29/obama_michigan/index.html?source=rss Obama and Biden campaign hard in the Wolverine State, where a loss -- although not anticipated -- could spell disaster for Democrats on Nov. 4. By Mike Madden Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/28/hillary_clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/28/hillary_clinton/index.html?source=rss Back on the campaign trail in Michigan, this time for Obama, Hillary Clinton urged her former supporters to get behind the Democratic ticket. By Gabriel Winant Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/16/vote_caging/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/16/vote_caging/index.html?source=rss Democrats respond to a report that the Michigan GOP planned to challenge voters whose homes were foreclosed on. By Edward McClelland Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/04/detroit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/04/detroit/index.html?source=rss With the presidential race in Michigan too close for comfort, it can only help Obama that Detroit's racially divisive and felonious mayor has finally lost his job. By Mike Madden Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/30/romney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/30/romney/index.html?source=rss The man the McCain camp used to compare to the antichrist is working hard to win the vice-presidential nod. By Thomas F. Schaller Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/24/270_roundtable/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/24/270_roundtable/index.html?source=rss Salon asks a round table of experts to predict where the presidential election will be won or lost. It's not just about Ohio anymore. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/02/michigan_delegates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/02/michigan_delegates/index.html?source=rss Hillary Clinton's supporters are arguing vehemently against one part of the deal reached to seat the state's delegation. By Walter Shapiro Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/01/dnc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/01/dnc/index.html?source=rss After a day of wrangling in Washington, the magic number for the Democratic presidential nomination is now 2,118, and Hillary Clinton nets 24 largely symbolic votes. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/michigan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/michigan/index.html?source=rss The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee came up with a deal to end a long, contentious day, and went against the positions of both Democratic campaigns. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/waiting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/waiting/index.html?source=rss The DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee is more than an hour late returning from its lunch break -- could they be working on a deal? By Alex Koppelman Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/meeting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/meeting/index.html?source=rss There's a growing sense that the issue of Florida's delegation is all but settled, but the fight over Michigan's could go late into the night. By Mark Benjamin Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/protest/index.html?source=rss The perception has been that those protesting outside the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting were just disaffected Clinton supporters, but that's not what I saw. By Alex Koppelman Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/dean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/05/31/dean/index.html?source=rss The DNC chair turned to a story from his own life as he asked his party to come together. By Walter Shapiro Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/30/dnc_meeting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/30/dnc_meeting/index.html?source=rss Here's what to expect when Democratic leaders meet to decide the fate of delegates from the two states' outlaw primaries. By Paul Maslin Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/16/270/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/16/270/index.html?source=rss This November, a Democratic victory will probably hinge on the Electoral College votes of a handful of swing states. Howard Dean's pollster examines 17 fall battlegrounds, one by one. By Sean Wilentz Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/07/hillary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/07/hillary/index.html?source=rss Under a winner-take-all primary system, Hillary Clinton would have a wide lead over Barack Obama -- and enough delegates to clinch the nomination by June. By Mike Madden Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/16/michigan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/16/michigan/index.html?source=rss Romney scrambles the Republican race by leaning hard on his Michigan roots, and on local nostalgia, for his first primary victory. But will his act play nationally? By Edward McClelland Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/romney_michigan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/romney_michigan/index.html?source=rss The presidential hopeful crusades for the auto industry of yore -- and looks awfully out of touch with Michigan's economic pain. By Juan Cole Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/15/mccain/index.html?source=rss On the stump in Michigan, John McCain campaigns on victory in Iraq. It's a risky strategy, as the recent surge in violence shows.