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A Roundtable on Obama: What Was He Thinking," Wall Street Journal, August 3, 2011.

Vacant Homes Keep Englewood in Downward Spiral, Chicago Tribune, June 24, 2011.

Newt Gingrich Responds: "I would not be at all surprised to see a renaissance in Detroit," MLive.com, May 25, 2011.

Historian Thomas Sugrue Explains How Newt Gingrich, Glenn Beck Got It Wrong on Detroit, MLive.com, May 24, 2011.

Detroit Bashing: GOP Politicians, Pundits Hope on Bandwagon, Detroit Free Press, May 23, 2011.

In Birther Fight, Obama Acts Like an Adult, Philadelphia Daily News, April 28, 2011.

Detroit's Distress: A Q+A With Thomas J. Sugrue, Newark Star-Ledger, April 6, 2011

Five Myths About the Ten Most Segregated Metro Areas, Salon.com, April 3, 2011

Moving While Black, The New Republic, April 1, 2011

The 10 Most Segregated Urban Areas in America, Salon.com, March 29, 2011

Crime, White Flight, and Racial Anxiety, American Prospect online, March 28, 2011

The Existence of Crime is Not a Racist Myth, The New Republic online, March 28, 2011

Suburban Sprawl: Census Shows Segregation is Spreading in Philadelphia Region, Philadelphia Weekly, March 16, 2011

The City As a Problem, The Atlantic Online, March 11, 2011

Blame Game Won't Solve Detroit's Problems, Detroit Free Press, March 1, 2011

How Unions Helped Bring Economic Justice to Black Workers, AlterNet, February 25, 2011

Chain E-Mail Says Welfare Programs Caused More Long-Term Damage to Detroit than the Atomic Bomb Caused to Hiroshima, Polifact/Providence Journal, February 18, 2011

Detroit in Ruins, The Observer (London), January 2, 2011

The Climate is in Your Head, Inside Higher Education, December 10, 2010

Detroit, vestiges du rêve américain, Le Monde, December 9, 2010

L'american dream d'une société de propriétaires est mort, L'Echo (Brussels), September 3, 2010.

The Death of An American Dream, Toronto Globe and Mail, August 27, 2010.
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L'american dream d'une société de propriétaires est mort"
L'american dream d'une société de propriétaires est mort
L'american dream d'une société de propriétaires est mort
L'american dream d'une société de propriétaires est mort
L'american dream d'une société de propriétaires est mort

The Best of the Blogs, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 22, 2010.

Deeds Hold Powerful Reminder of Racism, South Coast Today, July 25, 2010.

Presidential Burden, Sacramento News and Review, June 17, 2010.

Remembering a Chesco School Segregation Fight, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2010.

Young versus the "Coal Man," Metro Times, March 24, 2010.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Mt Airy Named One of Best Neighborhoods, NBC News Philadelphia, February 20, 2010.

Spring 2010 Hardcovers: Contemporary Affairs, Publishers Weekly, January 25, 2010.

Federal Bias Toward Homeownership, Cato@Liberty, January 11, 2010.

Decade in Review: The Biggest Stories from 2000-2009, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 27, 2009.

Will the Packard Purr Again? Detroit Free Press, November 12, 2009.

Will "Notown" Become Everytown? In These Times, Nvember 10, 2009.

Paperback Row, New York Times Book Review, November 8, 2009.

Ten Books that Didn't Get the Treatment, The Root, November 4, 2009.

Living in the Shadow of Yankee Stadium, Counterpunch, October 30, 2009.

New in Paperback, Cleveland Plain Dealer, October 18, 2009. 

Mulling a Long-Term Drop in Homeownership Rate, American Banker, October 8, 2009.

In One Home, A Mighty City's Rise and Fall, Wall Street Journal, September 25, 2009. 

The New American Dream: Renting, Wall Street Journal, August 15, 2009. 

Ten Places to Relive the '60s, U.S. News and World Report, August 13, 2009. 

Bestsellers in U.S. History, Library Journal, July 23, 2009.

On the Boards, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 13, 2009.

We Shall Overcome Some Day--but apparently that day isn't 2009, Philadelphia Daily News, July 8, 2009

The Vital Thread of Tom Sugrue, Penn Gazette, May/June 2009. 

Fighting for Civil Rights: The Incomplete Victory, Milwaukee Shepherd-Express, May 12, 2009.

America's Most Dangerous Cities, Forbes, April 23, 2009. 

Not in My Neighborhood, Columbia Magazine, Spring 2009.

Talk, Meetings to Redefine Civil Rights Movement, UNC News, March 4, 2009.

Los Angeles Times Announces 2008 Book Prize Nominees, Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2009.

Exploring abandoned industrial hulks, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 2009.

Review of Sweet Land of Liberty, Charleston Journal-Gazette/ Times-Courier, February 24, 2009.

Looking Back: I-496 Construction Complicated Legacy, Lansing State Journal, February 22, 2009. 

All the President's Books: Books Recommended for Barack Obama's Reading List, Minnesota Public Radio, February 19, 2009.

A Chorus of Voices on the African American Experience, Hartford Courant, February 1, 2009.

Scholar Documents an Earlier Push for Civil Rights, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, February 1, 2009.

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The Northern Struggle on Civil Rights, Raleigh News-Observer, February 1, 2009.

Sweet Land of Liberty, Chicago Tribune, January 31, 2009.

Recommended New Books, Tuscon Citizen, January 26, 2009.

Auto industry's slide cuts a main route to the middle class, USA Today, January 21, 2009. 

South Jersey gears up for historical moment, Courier-Post, January 13, 2009.

Book examines blacks' struggle for equality in the North, Tulsa World, January 11, 2009.

Freeing the North, review of Sweet Land of Liberty, Newsday, January 4, 2009

For Inauguration zeal, LBJ '65 may be the precedent for Obama, Boston Globe, January 2, 2009.

True North, Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2009. 

Autoworkers demand revolution, Michigan Citizen, December 30, 2008

The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North: An Interview with Thomas Sugrue, History News Network, December 15, 2008

The Untold Story of the Civil Rights Movement--In the North, BeyondChron (San Francisco), December 11, 2008

Movement North, E-History, December 2008. 

Auto Industry a Boon and Bust for Blacks in the Midwest, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, December 7, 2008.

Liberty is a Worthy Struggle, Harvard Crimson, December 5, 2008    

Was November 4 the End of Racial History? The New Republic Online, December 4. 2008

At GSD, U Penn's Thomas Sugrue talks about civil rights in the Metropolis, Harvard Gazette, December 4, 2008 

The Auto Industry Meltdown and How It is Burning Black Folks, Ebony, November 2008 

Review: Sweet Land of Liberty, Bookreporter.com, November 2008

The Other Battlefield: Sweet Land of Liberty, Boston Globe, November 30, 2008.

Detroit Bound, Metro Times, November 26, 2008

Black and White, North and South, New York Observer, November 26, 2008

Thomas Sugrue, author of Urban Crisis, promotes new book," Michigan Review, November 25, 2008

The Northern Front, New York Times Book Review, November 23, 2008

From the Rise of Civil Rights to the Debate Over Affirmative Action," Washington Post, November 16, 2008 

Uncommon Ground, New York Times Book Review, November 9, 2008

New Arrivals, Indianapolis Star, November 9, 2008 

A Day Like No Other, Philadelphia Daily News, November 5, 2008

Book of the Week, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 4, 2008.

Book of the Week: Post-Racial America: Not Yet,Books and Culture, November 3, 2008

So,  you're looking for a good read? Norfolk Pilot, Oct. 12, 2008

Fall books: Best-selling authors promise a bountiful season, Syracuse Post-Standard October 5, 2008 

Hitting the shelves, Denver Post, Sept. 25, 2008

Fiction and non-fiction books for fall, McClatchy Newspapers, Sept. 24, 2008

40 upcoming fiction and non-fiction books, Seattle Times, Sept. 21, 2008

A century of General Motors: Detroit reshaped, retooled, Detroit News, Sept. 16, 2008

On racial issues, GM traveled rocky road from laggard to leader, Automotive News, Sept. 14, 2008 

Even during the Depression, GM managed to make money, Automotive News, Sept. 14, 2008

City's sometimes rocky image tarnished further after scandal, Detroit News, Sept. 4, 2008.

Fall Book Preview, Washington Post, Aug. 31, 2008

Fall Books Preview, San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 31, 2008 

Liberals a Sideshow in Denver, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Aug. 25, 2008

King's legacy is felt forty years after death, Metro, April 4, 2008

Saving Race: forty years after his death MLK's message has never been more relevant, City Paper, March 26, 2008

Don't let the green grass fool you, New York Times, February 10, 2008

Outgoing Dean of Wayne State University Law School Creates Endowment, Michigan Lawyer, January 28, 2008

Author states that history of struggle for racial equality has been mischaracterized, South End, January 16, 2006 

New Book Tackles Race in the North, Detroit Free Press, January 11, 2008

Stamping Out Detroit Postmark Irks 'Michigan Metro' Residents, Bloomberg News, October 30, 2007

Author says cities foster inequality, Cleveland Call and Post, October 17, 2007 

Riot or Rebellion: Detroiters Don't Agree," Detroit News, July 18, 2007

Forty Years Later, Riot Wounds Remain, Newark Star-Ledger, July 16, 2007

Remembering When Plainfield Burned--Forty Years Later Riot Wounds Remain, Newark Star-Ledger, July 15, 2007

Crossroads, Part I: Before 1967, A Gathering Storm, Newark Star-Ledger, July 8, 2007

Detroit Can't Afford to Lose This Family, Detroit Free Press, March 13, 2007

Forgotten But Not Gone, Detroit Free Press, March 12, 2007

"Jim Crow" is Shocking Reminder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 9,, 2007

City Wants to Fix Up But Not Push Out, Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, December 10, 2006.

Readers' Poll: Best Non-Fiction Book Set in Detroit, Metro Times, October 18, 2006

Bill McGraw: Film on Race Looks at Detroit, Detroit Free Press, September 6, 2006

Doubts Cast Over Casino Benefits, BBC Scotland, September 3, 2006

Thomas Sugrue speaks on the forces of segregation in Detroit, Michigan Times, October 10, 2006

That Train Done Gone and Left the Station: Yes, Residents of Casino Neighborhoods Got Railroaded, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 16, 2006.

Blacks' Dream Cruises About More than Fun, Detroit Free Press, August 17, 2006

1956: Pioneering Year: Youth Culture, Civil Rights, the Suburbs, Women's Rights, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 6, 2006  

Street Fair: Philadelphia's First Integrated Housing Development Turns 50, Philadelphia Weekly, July 26, 2006

Beyond the Picket Fence, Boston Globe, July 23, 2006

Heart of Detroit is On a Roll, Detroit News, July 15, 2006

Not So Middle America: Suburban Flight, Gentrification Put the Squeeze on Incredibly Shrinking Middle Class, Kansas City Star, July 4, 2006

Four Cities Offer Cautionary Tales to the Next Mayor of Newark, Newark Star-Ledger, May 7, 2006

Sugrue Named Top Young Historian, History News Network, April 9, 2006

Rustbaelte, Weekendavisen (Copenhagen, Denmark), April 6, 2006

Granholm Pushes Affirmative Action at Civil Rights Summit, Detroit News, March 28, 2006

Revising the Suburbs, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 24, 2006

How Super Bowl Fast Tracked Houston's Comeback, Detroit News, February 12, 2006

Ford Can't Sustain Its Workforce, San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2006

NAACP Leader Turned Heads by Backing 'Tookie' Williams, Baltimore Sun, January 15, 2006

Till Rites Site Could Become a Landmark, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 1, 2005

Hispanics and Blacks Take Different Path to Success, Detroit News, September 4, 2005