Micheline Maynard
Washington Post
Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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Past articles by Micheline:
New Orleans’s mayor battles an array of problems, some of them self-inflicted
I have now lived in two cities tagged the nation's « murder capital, » Detroit in the 1980s and now the Crescent City. The label can be hard to shake. → Read More
Flyover no more. Middle America is having a moment.
My sense is that it started with the pandemic, when millions of people in the big coastal population centers suddenly realized how dependent they are on a largely out-of-sight America. → Read More
Lucky for Whitmer, the moderate Michigan GOP is an endangered species
As the state's Aug. 2 primary nears, the Democratic governor seems to be sitting comfortably above the chaos among her potential Republican challengers. → Read More
The demise of the great American road trip
Skyrocketing gas prices, expensive hotel rooms, short-staffed hospitality businesses and dangerous drivers. Hitting the road in the summer of 2022 isn't looking too inviting. → Read More
How does Chicago’s once-gleaming Magnificent Mile get its luster back?
Like shopping centers across North America, the famous retail stretch is being abandoned — by both businesses and the city. → Read More
Why the pain of high gas prices hits so hard in the Midwest
I said goodbye to the last drops of my $3.19 per gallon gas from a Costco fill-up. The next one was even worse than I expected: $4.39. → Read More
How the Detroit area became a wellspring of Arab American political success
Unlike Black Detroiters, shut out of many suburbs by restrictive housing codes, Arab Americans were classified by census takers as White, giving them leeway to congregate in otherwise restrictive Dearborn. → Read More
Why Michigan’s independent redistricting has both parties in an uproar
The lofty goal appeared to be a pipe dream just a few years ago, but now it has been achieved — and it’s turning into something of a political nightmare. → Read More
With so much pandemic grief, compassion needs to become corporate policy
It’s just the right thing to do. → Read More
In the aftermath of the Michigan school shooting, students plead: Pay attention to our pain
These kids have been training for violent attacks since they were in kindergarten. → Read More
Economists may be upbeat, but consumers don’t live by data points
There's a big disconnect between what we're being told and what we're experiencing. → Read More
Another water crisis looms in Michigan. Is Benton Harbor the next Flint?
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer still has a chance to demonstrate competence in handling this mess, but time is getting short. → Read More
Don’t rant about short-staffed stores and supply chain woes. Try to lower expectations.
American consumers might have been spoiled, but generations of them have also dealt with shortages of some kind. Now it's our turn to make adjustments. → Read More
Violent crime is plentiful in Chicago, and smart crime-fighting ideas are in short supply
As of Aug. 31, the city’s 524 murders were running 3 percent ahead of last year’s carnage. → Read More
Corruption threatens the Detroit comeback story
Investigations and prison sentences for political and union leaders endanger a city's progress already made vulnerable by the pandemic. → Read More
Detroit’s former police chief might challenge Whitmer. First he has to finesse his views on Trump.
Republican James Craig nears an announcement of his candidacy to become Michigan's first African American governor. → Read More
The restaurant industry needs to do some soul-searching before the next round of pandemic aid
Now would be a good time to overhaul a toxic workplace culture of intimidation, harassment, long hours and low pay. → Read More
Flooding and wreckage in Detroit expose the city’s climate vulnerability
I felt a distressed sense of deja vu as the bleak scenes stirred memories of the city in bankruptcy. → Read More
Detroit’s low vaccination rate isn’t just about Black ‘hesitancy’
In Motor City, despite the name, many residents don't own cars or have Internet access. → Read More
Those $300 pandemic checks aren’t the only reason restaurant employees might not want to go back to work
Plenty of the laid-off may have taken other jobs or found ways to stay in the food business that aren't as exhausting and sometimes demeaning. → Read More