AdoptUSKids Campaign Highlights Teen Adoption

Every year since 2004, AdoptUSKids has held a campaign promoting the importance of adoption from the U.S. foster care system. This...

Duggan Reaffirms Commitment to Ending Water Shutoffs, Responds to Skeptical Activists

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced last week that the city will extend its moratorium on water shutoffs for another two...

Michigan’s In-Home Health Care System Is In Crisis

It's often the most vulnerable among us who face the harshest consequences of economic, political, and societal crises. During the...

The New Owners of Detroit Popcorn Company are Eager to Continue Its Legacy

The Detroit Popcorn Company was originally located on I-96 and Greenfield in Detroit and later moved to the Detroit/Redford border where...

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...

Created Equal: Sarah M. Broom Reflects on Home and Forgotten Places

Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...

Comedian Michael Kosta Left the Midwest, But Michigan Never Left Him

In his debut one-hour stand-up special for Comedy Central “Detroit. NY. LA.,” Michael Kosta wanted to trace his journey in...

Black Labor Has Built America Through Centuries

In the ongoing reckoning over race in America, many of the conversations in this moment are forward-focused. While striving for...

With No Support From Government, Detroit Restaurants Step Up To Support Service Industry Workers

The owner of Batch Brewing Company didn’t set out to raise nearly $50,000 for service industry workers in Detroit, but...

Water Activists Skeptical of Duggan’s Commitment to End Water Shutoff Policy

In 2014, the United Nations called Detroit’s water shutoffs policy “contrary to human rights.” Now, six years later, Mayor Mike...

The Problem With Your Pandemic “Pod”

The COVID-19 pandemic has undone much of the nation’s social fabric, pushing many people into a world of isolation. As...

Remembering Longtime Wayne County Commissioner Jewel Ware

Jewel Ware, the longest serving member of the Wayne County Commission, died suddenly yesterday of what is reported to be a...