Long Story Short
“We’ve won so many times at this point in so many different ways—we’re just excited to keep on winning,” Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, told reporters on Sunday.
Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter living in Detroit.
Brunch Can Wait
Trump supporters from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Lansing, Michigan, and Salem, Oregon, turned out to try and counter pro-Biden celebrations.
DOING IT LIVE
Deranged internet rumors seemed to feed IRL action as the Democratic nominee closed in on the key prize.
Ready or Not
From fears of vigilantes to messy legal battles, anxiety was high—and the contest felt far from finished.
PAST IS PROLOGUE
“They’re not even getting out of their cars.” one Detroit resident said of a state facing its own special stew of election anxiety.
‘They Were Mean’
Social posts and testimony from neighbors of the men who allegedly plotted against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer point to a disturbing relationship with the far-right.
Never Over
An historic settlement announced Thursday came as both a welcome relief and a reminder that a water poisoning fiasco that hit communities of color will never really end.
The Deepest End
After a slew of controversies with Michigan politicians, the president’s aversion to face masks was front and center in Ypsilanti, where his fans had plenty of thoughts on science.