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...

Whitmer Closes Indoor Seating at Bars in Metro Detroit

A new executive order from Governor Gretchen Whitmer means bars that make more than 70% of their revenue from alcohol...

Detroit Perfume-Maker Says New Scents Will Help Us Move Past Pandemic

If your house smelled like lemon on a Saturday morning, it was a cleaning day. That smell of fresh citrus...

Study Says Economic Recovery Disproportionately Benefitted Wealthier, White Households

The COVID-19 pandemic ended more than a decade of economic growth in the United States. From the end of the...

Detroit East Side Entrepreneurs Were Ready For Business. Then a Pandemic Hit.

Some businesses in the developing East Warren Corridor had been open for less than a year when the COVID-19 pandemic forced...