Detroit To Offer Zero-interest Home Loans
Detroit officials say they will offer zero-interest loans to those who invest in repairing homes in the city. ...
U-M Offers Leadership training to DPS
DucDigital/Creative Commons The University of Michigan School of Business is offering to train select Detroit Public Schools staff and administrators....
Stephen Henderson’s Essay on Gay Marriage
One of my favorite Paul Simon songs includes a line that has been stuck in my head since yesterday. He...
Bugs Can Tell Us How Healthy A River Is
Friends of the Rouge Researchers can learn a lot about a river’s health by the condition of the creatures living...
Youth Unemployment in Michigan is At An All-Time High
Youth unemployment in Michigan is at an all-time high. Recent reports put the state’s youth jobless rate at 59%, among the highest...
Telling Detroit’s True Stories With Citizen Detroit
Next Chapter Detroit From Next Chapter Detroit: Detroit exited bankruptcy with a plan to balance city budgets and improve services...
Detroit Public Library Turns 150
Goldnpuppy It has been 150 years since the Detroit Public Library opened its doors as a humble public reading room, and...
A New Study Says Lack Of Food Access Isn’t Just A Detroit Problem
A new study says nearly two-million people in Michigan live in areas where healthy food is hard to get....
Working To Fix Detroit’s Broken Fire Hydrants
Dori Scores of Detroit fire hydrants went dry this winter; frozen from the weather or just beaten down by...
Bridge Magazine: The Truth About Poverty
Delphia Simmons meets a lot of people in financial distress. In her job at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter (COTS) in Detroit’s...
Howard University Students Spend Their Spring Break Helping Detroiters
Students from the University of Michigan often spend their spring break in Detroit -- helping to clean up neighborhoods or...
Michigan Jobless Rate Increased 1% in January
Photo Courtesy of NASA Goddard Photo and Video The state’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January. That’s according...