States of Illiterate

The symbol of America's manufacturing power, The Motor City, continues to slide down an economic and intellectual hill. Will this end in a complete transformation and rebirth, or will it be a drawn-out decade of decline?
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Nearly Half Of Detroiters Can't Read

Roughly half of all the people who live in Detroit are illiterate. They can't read the back of a cereal box. They can't read a weather report. They can't read at all.