The Annual Sphinx Competition Delivers Music, Message on Arts Representation
Working at the intersection of social justice and the arts, the Sphinx Organization is an international organization based in Detroit...
The Annual Sphinx Competition Delivers Music, Message on Arts Representation
Working at the intersection of social justice and the arts, the Sphinx Organization is an international organization based in Detroit...
Television Shows May Appear More Diverse, But Representation Still Lacks Quality
Hollywood and the entertainment industry still have work to do when it comes to cultivating a more diverse and inclusive...
We’re Going To Make It Through Winter Together, Detroit. A Doctor Tells Us How.
“Baby, it’s Michigan outside.” With the winter months colliding with the effects of the coronavirus, our moods are bound to...
Is Cancel and Call-Out Culture Hurting the Social Justice Movement?
Gant Studios Detroit author and activist adrienne maree brown wants to have a conversation. Not just any conversation, but one...
Dr. Haki Madhubuti’s New Poetry Collection is a Thank You to Black Women
In the aftermath of Malcolm X’s assassination in 1965, the tone of the Black artists changed. The need to reshape and define the aesthetic...
Hospice of Michigan Volunteer Shares Her Caregiving Experience During the Pandemic
At the center of hospice care is the goal to provide comfort, peace and a sound quality of life for patients in the...
Service Workers are Still Struggling to Survive the Economic Fallout of the Pandemic
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant industry, which is among the fastest-growing private-employment industries in the nation, has experienced...
Black Arts Movement Poet Nikki Giovanni Discusses Her New Book and the Art Community
As a leading voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ‘70s, Nikki Giovanni's fiery and radically conscious poetry has...
Illustrating a Global Perspective on American Politics and Culture
There’s a deep layering in art that engages critical conversation and thought toward the conditions of society–from social constructs to...
Musicians With Mental Illness Strike a Chord in New Documentary
A new documentary called “Orchestrating Change” chronicles two years in the life of a first-of-its-kind orchestra made for musicians with...
Hip Hop Public Health Turns Up the Volume on COVID-19 Safety
Hip Hop Public Health is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 with the mission of helping increase knowledge of healthy...
London Artist Creates ‘Human Atlas’ of Detroit
London photographer Marcus Lyon has built an artistic practice around creating multi-sensory human atlases that map out the DNA lineage...