Musician Omar Sosa On How His Father’s Love of Nat King Cole and a Bootleg Herbie Hancock Cassette Influenced His Sound

Jazz pianist Omar Sosa is celebrated for his unique blend of global sounds with modern electronic elements. But it's his...

Chef James Rigato Remembers Beloved Restaurateur Chef Matt Prentice

Chef Matt Prentice died Thursday, April 8, at the age of 62 after a brief non-COVID-19 related illness. Prentice was...

Whitmer Urges Halt of High School Classes, Youth Sports

Instead of implementing restrictions in the face of a third wave of COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is asking for people...

How Doing ‘The Work’ Could Change Your Life

In recent years, the influence of the health and wellness community has taken off in unprecedented ways on social media.  Therapists and...

Biden To Surge Vaccinators, Testing to Hard-hit Michigan

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Washington is surging federal resources to support vaccinations, testing and therapeutics, but not vaccines, to Michigan in an...

Online Ordering is Key Ingredient in Good Cakes and Bakes’ Resilience During Pandemic

Subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts: Apple Podcast — Spotify — Google Play — Stitcher — TuneIn — NPR Good Cakes and Bakes on the Avenue of Fashion is a...

Racial Trauma Makes Derek Chauvin Trial Too Hard for Some To Watch

A short essay on the Chauvin trial by Stephen Henderson read at the start of Detroit Today: We are going to...

Gov. Whitmer Turns to Persuasion Over COVID-19 Restrictions

Less stick. More carrot. That appears to be Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s approach now. Last Wednesday, the governor visited Ford Field...

Detroit People’s Food Co-op Signs Purchase Agreement for North End Location

A food co-op more than 10 years in the making is a little bit closer to fruition. The Detroit Black...

Separating Fact From Fiction Regarding Gov. Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policies During Pandemic

One of the toughest issues to make sense of during the pandemic in Michigan is the death rates in nursing homes....

Highland Park Official Wants to Clean Up the Whole City

A Highland Park city councilmember wants to see the entire 2.97-square-mile city cleaned up. Litter and graffiti have been an...

How Emergency Management Became a Dangerous Safety Net for Cities

America's collective reexamination of policing and the criminal justice system reached a fever pitch last summer, leading to calls to...