Government
The Detroit Mayor’s Plan to Reinvent the City
Mike Duggan took over the reins at a time of crisis. Can he deliver change?
This article is part of a weeklong America 360 series on Detroit.
Mike Duggan knows what he's gotten himself into. A successful former hospital executive and county prosecutor, Duggan was sworn in last month as the 75th mayor of Detroit. He takes over a city that has lost half its population since 1950 and now faces systemic challenges of crime, corruption, and blight—not to mention more than $18 billion in long-term liabilities as part of the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history.