My October 8 Crosscut article about Detroit asked what we might learn from that city’s pending reinvention, “where a perfect storm of the wrong American urban future has brought, in Time magazine’s words, “an iconic American city to its knees.” Mayor Dave Bing was reelected on Tuesday night. He warned of continuing tough times and called upon a broad-based coalition to help him turn around Detroit.

The Detroit News quoted the former NBA star’s call to action, “Let me say this: I can’t do this alone.”