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EGLE's Chief Climate Officer Cory Connolly speaks with Tammy Black, Detroit resident and CEO of Communities Power, an organization dedicated to bringing affordable solar energy to low-income communities.
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Detroit Evening Report: EPA invests in solar for low-income families; Detroit seeks feedback for oral history project and more

Nargis Rahman May 6, 2024

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we cover the recent $156 million EPA investment in solar rooftops for...

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Kresge Arts in Detroit's "Flash Your Lights" exhibition will debut on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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The Metro: New online Kresge exhibit inspired by Detroit disc jockey Electrifying Mojo

The Metro April 4, 2024

Kresge Arts in Detroit will debut a new online exhibition next week featuring the work of its 2023 Kresge Artist...

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An interior shot of the ballroom inside the Belle Isle Boathouse.
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Deadline approaching for proposals to save historic Belle Isle Boathouse

Amanda LeClaire March 26, 2024

Preservationists are fighting to save the historic Belle Isle Boathouse in Detroit. The 40,000-square-foot building, constructed by the Detroit Boat...

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"When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling's History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City" by Felicia George will be available on March 26, 2024.
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Created Equal: New book explores gambling’s impact on Detroit’s Black community

Created Equal March 11, 2024

It seems like anyone who grew up with family in Detroit has heard of the Numbers. This old-style, illegal gambling...

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Former Michigan Gov. George Romney and former Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh at the front of a 10,000-person march at Fort Street and Woodward Avenue in Detroit, in solidarity with the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches.
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Created Equal: Shining a light on inequities in Detroit, America

Created Equal February 5, 2024

Detroit, and its history, is ground zero for understanding the promise of opportunity and the challenge of inequality in this...

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A new exhibit at the Detroit Historical Museum aims to explore life of Jewish immigrants in Detroit's Hastings neighborhood, 1880-1930.
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New exhibit takes a walk back in time to Detroit’s first Jewish enclave

Sascha Raiyn, Jenny Sherman February 2, 2024

A new exhibit exploring the Jewish history of Detroit will open at the Detroit Historical Museum this spring, in partnership...

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The intersection of Mack Avenue and E. Outer Drive.
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CuriosiD: What is the history of Outer Drive?

Pat Batcheller January 11, 2024

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, we answer...

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World's largest stove towed by a truck
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CuriosiD: What happened to the ‘World’s Largest Stove’ in Detroit?

Laura Herberg December 14, 2023

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you...

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A view of St. Antoine Street at Winder near Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood. In view are a number of residential buildings, as well as Abe's Market.
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  • Reckoning 375

Reckoning 375: The impact of I-375’s construction on two historic Black neighborhoods

Detroit Today October 13, 2023

Black Bottom and Paradise Valley were two majority-black neighborhoods on the lower east side of Detroit that were both destroyed,...

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A mural outside of Los Galanes in Mexicantown on Detroit's Southwest Side.
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CultureShift: Exploring the history of Hispanic Americans in Detroit

Tia Graham October 9, 2023

Hispanic Heritage Month, running Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, is a time to recognize and celebrate the many contributions and...

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Detroit Today: Reckoning with the construction and rebuild of I-375

Detroit Today October 6, 2023

In the early 1960s, I-375 was created. That highway, and highways like it, allowed people to more quickly maneuver the...

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Valerie Brenner and her daughter Annika pose by the Giant Tire, dwarfed by its size.
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  • CuriosiD

CuriosiD: How did Michigan get the Uniroyal Giant Tire on I-94? And what’s it like inside?

John Filbrandt September 14, 2023

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, we...

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