Fighting for Flint
Saginaw Street, paved with 116-year-old bricks and lined with restaurants, runs through the heart of downtown Flint, Mich. Around the corner you’ll find a farmers market, a row of museums, a craft brewery, and three campuses: the University of Michigan at Flint, Kettering University (formerly known as General Motors Institute), and the highly rated Mott Community College. In many ways, Flint fits right in with other quaint and trendy towns in America.
But while parts of the city are experiencing a renaissance, 40 percent of Flint residents live below the poverty line. And although the murder…
