Detroit Goes Broke and Zimmerman Goes Free

Detroit declares bankruptcy, and deals a blow to the image of the US auto industry. The former beacon of American hope and innovation now shows economic decline, corruption and arson throughout the city. Is there room for an enterprise zone to attract some new investment? George Zimmerman is let off after killing a 17-year-old black boy. Is this a symbol of racism in the United States? Is the American justice system broken? Or did it do its job in an unclear case? Rich Lowry (on the Right) says it's the latter. Rolling Stone places Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover and examines how a boy turned in to a monster. Does the picture glorify him? (Touré, host of MSNBC's The Cycle is our special guest.)

Banner image: George Zimmerman leaves the courtroom a free man after being found not guilty in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin at the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford, Florida, July 13, 2013. Photo: Joe Burbank/Pool/Reuters