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Six months after declaring bankruptcy was over, can Detroit celebrate? Paul Sancya/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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Michel Martin, Going There

What's Driving The Motor City Forward Now?

Six months after Detroit emerged from bankruptcy, Michel Martin heads there to hear from the artists, thinkers and entrepreneurs who are shaping the city's future.

More than 1 million people in Peru earn less than the equivalent of about $450 each year. Courtesy of Michael Rizzo/CGAP hide caption

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What It Takes To Lift Families Out Of Poverty

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What's Driving The Motor City Forward Now?

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B.B. King performs at Bluesfest Music Festival in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2011. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images hide caption

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B.B. King, Legendary Blues Guitarist, Dies At 89

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Charlize Theron as Furiosa, alongside Tom Hardy's Max Rockatansky in the new Mad Max: Fury Road. Jasin Boland/Warner Bros. hide caption

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The Women Pull No Punches In Fiery, Feminist 'Mad Max'

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Moses Lasana recovered from Ebola, but he faces a range of medical issues and waves of pain. "The pain just come from one part of the body to another," he says. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

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Ebola Survivors Who Continue To Suffer

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Nicholas Heyward Jr. the year before he was killed. "I would give my life today if I could, you know, just have him back," his dad said during a recent visit to StoryCorps. Courtesy of Nicholas Heyward Sr. hide caption

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Dad Aches For Son Killed By Policeman 20 Years Ago

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