Reveal’s Aaron Glantz Says Those Profiting Off Housing Crisis Target Detroit, Other Michigan Cities
A gang of Wall Street kingpins, greedy investors and crooked banks have been stealing the American Dream by making it harder for people...
Detroit City Council Rejects Duggan’s Blight Bond Proposal. Now What?
Detroit City Council voted down a proposal to add a $250-million blight bond question to the March primary ballot. The...
Hospitals Help Patients But Not the Planet. Here’s How to Change That.
Healthcare facilities in the United States dispose of 4 billion pounds of waste annually, making them the second largest contributor to...
As Critical State Funding Hangs In Balance, Michigan Lawmakers Go Hunting
Lawmakers have left the state Capitol for a two-week break. This is the time of year that the Legislature typically...
The 1974 Supreme Court Ruling On Detroit School Busing That Worsened Segregation
It’s the early 1970’s. The City of Detroit is still licking its wounds after the civil disturbance in July of...
Livonia’s First Female Mayor Sees Her Election Win As Continuation of 2018’s Pink Wave
Local elections around Metro Detroit earlier this month had significant outcomes in several cities. One of those cities is Livonia,...
Doubt Looms Large Over Detroit Demolitions, as City Council Weighs Blight Bond Proposal
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan made a big pitch to the city this fall: If residents vote “YES” on a $250-million...
Historic Center Line Church, Known for its Radical Design, Could be Closed or Sold
Organ music floats over the congregation gathered for a recent Sunday mass at Center Line’s St. Clement Catholic Church. Parishioner...
This Vintage Fire Truck Explains Why Center Line is Surrounded by Warren
Center Line is a 1.7-square-mile city entirely surrounded by the city of Warren – Michigan’s third largest city as of...
His Family Settled Center Line. Now, He Preserves Its History
Mike Grobbel chairs the Historical Society of Center Line. It's a fitting position, as his ancestors came to the area from Germany...
Hip Hop, Slam Poetry and Storytelling Collide at Detroit Public Theatre’s ‘Temples of Lung and Air’
HuthPhoto / Detroit Public Theatre Kane Smego started out by making a name for himself as a spoken word performer...
New Doc Explores Why Less Than 7 Percent of American Restaurants Are Women-Owned
Meta Stange First-time filmmaker Joanna James planned to focus her lens on her own mother Val James — a longtime...
