Telling Detroit’s True Stories With Citizen Detroit
Next Chapter Detroit From Next Chapter Detroit: Detroit exited bankruptcy with a plan to balance city budgets and improve services...
Detroit Public Library Turns 150
Goldnpuppy It has been 150 years since the Detroit Public Library opened its doors as a humble public reading room, and...
A New Study Says Lack Of Food Access Isn’t Just A Detroit Problem
A new study says nearly two-million people in Michigan live in areas where healthy food is hard to get....
Working To Fix Detroit’s Broken Fire Hydrants
Dori Scores of Detroit fire hydrants went dry this winter; frozen from the weather or just beaten down by...
Bridge Magazine: The Truth About Poverty
Delphia Simmons meets a lot of people in financial distress. In her job at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter (COTS) in Detroit’s...
Howard University Students Spend Their Spring Break Helping Detroiters
Students from the University of Michigan often spend their spring break in Detroit -- helping to clean up neighborhoods or...
Michigan Jobless Rate Increased 1% in January
Photo Courtesy of NASA Goddard Photo and Video The state’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January. That’s according...
Detroit Water Project Pays Water Bills for 900 Families
Marissa Gawel/WDET A non-profit is connecting Detroit residents unable to pay their water bills with donors. The Detroit Water Project...
New Exhibit to Shine Light on Race, Economic Disparity in 1967
Yelp, In./ Creative Commons The Detroit Historical Society is announcing plans for a new exhibit called the Detroit 1967 Project. The...
From Failing to Overachieving; How One School District Did It
A new film takes us on a journey with a small town that fixed it’s school system at astonishing speed....
Former Senator Carl Levin Returns To Detroit And Wayne State
Center for American Progress Wayne State University's new Levin Center at Wayne Law will begin offering courses this fall. The center...
Coyotes Are No Threat, Royal Oak Officials Say
Officials in Royal Oak say concerns over coyotes running rampant in the city are overblown. A recent sighting of a...