The Motown Museum is Back: Social Distancing, a New Exhibit and a Slice of Detroit History

A trip to the Motown Museum will be different these days. After a four-month shutdown due to COVID-19, the historic...

After 44-Year Run, Dally in the Alley Won’t Happen This September

The free neighborhood festival Dally in the Alley started as a protest party 44 years ago. Wayne State University wanted...

President Trump Redirects COVID Data From CDC, Causing Outcry

From the start of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has collected data on COVID-19 hospitalizations and equipment...

Jefferson Chalmers Farmers Market Sees Growth Amid Pandemic Summer

Now in its second year, the Jefferson Chalmers Farmers Market is seeing expansion amid what many are calling the “pandemic...

MichMash: Michigan Parents Look For Community, Emotional Support During COVID-19

The early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic have turned into months, with no clear end in sight. This has left...

Citizen Scientists to Map Urban Heat Islands in Detroit This Summer

Volunteers will spread out across Detroit this summer to take the city's temperature — literally.  A citizen-led science project will...

For Squatters in Detroit, Housing Isn’t Shameful

Detroiter Tanya Benson likes to bake. Today, she's baking a 7 Up pound cake, which, yes, uses the pop drink, for...

He Was Imprisoned For A Crime He Didn’t Commit. Now Free, Life Won’t Be Easy to Rebuild.

Chad Clay just moved into a home on the north side of Detroit. For the first time in nearly three...

A Teacher, Lost After 2016 Election, Finds A New Purpose In Gardening

Kathy Peterson says it might look like a night club or a rocket ship. "The lights, the fans, the metal," she...

The Big Effect of A Small Change: Capitalizing the “B” in Black

Many news outlets have historically lowercased terms describing race while capitalizing ethnicities. “Identity and labels are very, very individual and...

The Racist, Segregationist History Behind Dearborn’s Orville Hubbard Statue

For decades, statues of racist historical figures have towered over American cities and towns. Now, many of those statues are being...

Downriver Mental Health Clinic Helps Bartenders, Service Industry Workers

Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer dealt a blow to bars just a few weeks into reopening by issuing an executive...