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...diesel-engine plant, the only business left on the 475-acre (192 hectare) site, has a workforce of just 4,000; also gone are 60,000 other jobs that depended on the car industry and its employees. It's a depressing tableau, one all too familiar: just like Detroit, this once vibrant center of auto manufacturing seems stuck in a spiral of persistent decline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Deep Funk: Why Britain is Feeling Bleak | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...Detroit can't possibly accomplish all these goals on its own. Nor can the philanthropies. Even if the dozen or so major foundations currently active in Detroit were to pitch in a billion dollars over the next decade - which is possible - it wouldn't begin to fill the bucket. But Rapson believes the right private dollars in the right public places can get things rolling. It's a delicate game. The philanthropies, says Rapson, need to show "a sense of long-term politics that understands how incredibly divisive this work can be if it's done without sensitivity and skill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: How Philanthropy is Remaking Detroit | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

Still, says Bing, "I think the city and philanthropy organizations will continue working together." Charles Pugh, recently elected president of the Detroit city council, is blunter. "Detroit is the textbook case of a city that needs this kind of assistance," he says, "and we welcome it with open arms. I'm jumping up and down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: How Philanthropy is Remaking Detroit | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...pictures of Detroit's remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: How Philanthropy is Remaking Detroit | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

...more about Detroit on TIME's Assignment Detroit page...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: How Philanthropy is Remaking Detroit | 3/17/2010 | See Source »

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