DER Weekends: Author Curtis Chin reflects on growing up in Detroit’s Chinatown
On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET's Tia Graham talked with author, filmmaker and activist Curtis...
DER Weekends: Author Curtis Chin reflects on growing up in Detroit’s Chinatown
On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET's Tia Graham talked with author, filmmaker and activist Curtis...
Reckoning 375: A street level look at the plans to remove I-375
The Reckoning 375 series from Detroit Today continues this week with a deeper look at how the city's I-375 Reconnecting...
Streetlight Detroit newsletter reimagines community policing and safety
Outlier Media launched a new safety and policing newsletter called Streetlight Detroit earlier this year in collaboration with local media...
Reckoning 375: MDOT explains why it’s replacing I-375 with a boulevard
In the latest installment of Detroit Today’s special series, Reckoning 375 — which takes a deeper look at the planned...
Detroit Today: Duggan’s Detroit land tax proposal, explained
Detroit’s property taxes are among the highest in the nation, the Citizens Research Council of Michigan reports, with population decline...
Detroit casino workers strike after failing to reach deal by Tuesday deadline
Thousands of union casino workers went on strike today after failing to reach a new labor agreement with Detroit's three...
After surprise walkout at Ford’s Kentucky plant, Fain warns UAW strike could expand ‘at any time’
UAW President Shawn Fain announced Friday the union would not expand its strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, warning that...
Take a tour of Southwest Detroit for National Hispanic Heritage Month
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) the City Institute is hosting guided tours in Southwest Detroit...
Detroit’s most violent precincts saw drop in crime this summer
Detroit's two most violent precincts saw a significant drop in violent crime this summer, as well as a citywide drop...
Detroit names its first urban agriculture director
Mayor Mike Duggan opened a new chapter in Detroit’s urban farming story by hiring one of the people who is...
Detroit officials ‘devastated’ by lack of state funding for long-term psychiatric care and housing
Detroit failed to secure backing from Michigan’s record-breaking $81.7 billion 2024 budget for a long-term psychiatric care project officials pitched...
New DDOT interim executive director used to work for maligned paratransit contractor Transdev
Last week, Mayor Mike Duggan named George Michael Staley as DDOT’s interim executive director. Staley replaces former executive director Mikel...