COVID Update: New Variants Complicate Future of Pandemic in Michigan

Many people are hopeful that the COVID vaccine is a light at the end of a nearly year-long tunnel that...

Detroit City Council Approves Funding for Counter Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Protesters

Detroit City Council approved a $200,000 expenditure that will fund a counter-lawsuit against the city's Black Lives Matter protesters in a...

Wayne State Seeks Volunteers for COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Wayne State University's School of Medicine needs people to roll up their sleeves for research's sake. The school is part...

Massive Mail Delays Continue Across Michigan and the Nation

Online shopping has skyrocketed during the pandemic as many customers sheltered at home. Both the postal service and those who...

Unpacking the Complicated Legacy of Kwame Kilpatrick

Kwame Kilpatrick is a free man after serving seven years in prison on racketeering charges. "I felt a sense of joy......

MSU and Apple Partner Up to Offer App Developer Academy in Detroit

Michigan State University and tech giant Apple are teaming up to launch an iOS developer academy in Detroit. The program...

What’s At Stake For Metro Detroit’s Environment In 2021?

It’s a new year, and while there is a lot happening in politics and public health nationwide, climate change continues to...

Activists Call For Oversight, Compensation From DTE Energy Over Power Outages

Activists are calling on the Michigan Public Service Commission to make DTE Energy provide compensation to its customers for power...

Detroit’s Largest Black-Owned Housing Co-Op Isn’t Going Anywhere

Since 1968, generations of families seeking affordable real estate ownership in Detroit have made Fountain Court home. Fountain Court is...

From Prisoner to Restaurateur: How Learning to Cook Changed Dink Dawson’s Life

Dink Dawson owns The GreenMile Grill in Detroit, a dream he nurtured while serving six and a half years at the...

Detroit Jazz Legend Wendell Harrison Wants You To “Get Up Off Your Knees” On New Album

Wendell Harrison is more than “just a Detroit guy” as he describes himself. Courtesy of Wendell Harrison The tenor saxophonist,...

City of Detroit Says It’s Doing Everything It Can to Stop Tax Over-Assessments

Housing advocates in Detroit continue to call on the City of Detroit to do more about property tax over-assessments and to...