Safe Roads Symposium to Discuss Proposal One

Editor5807/Creative Commons The Michigan Municipal League is planning a Safe Roads Symposium. The event is designed to create a forum for...

‘Restore the ‘Moor:’ Brightmoor Seeks to Grow Neighborhood with Local Tourism

Neighbors Building Brightmoor Brightmoor residents are working to improve their neighborhood through local tourism. Community members are strategizing on how public...

Fires Burn Longer In Detroit

Map courtesy Motor City Muckraker A report from the Motor City Muckraker shows more than 150 structure fires in Detroit...

Detroit Today: WDET, Data Driven Detroit Launch Detroit By The Numbers

Detroit By The Numbers is a new series on WDET that will separate fact from fiction on various myths around...

Wayne State Honors Civil Rights Activist Viola Gregg Liuzzo

Wayne State will be holding an honorary degree ceremony to honor Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a Wayne state student who died...

A Letter to You, From Detroit Today Host Stephen Henderson

An Italian poet once said that to begin, you must be bold, and venture to be wise. That's a pretty...

Search for the Next State Superintendent: Brian Whiston

  The State Board of Education is interviewing the final three candidates tomorrow to become the next state school Superintendent. Current Superintendent...

What is Poverty, and Where Does Metro Detroit Stack Up? [Infographic]

Poverty is defined by Merriam Webster as “the state of being poor,” or “a lack of something.” These definitions are...

Where is Poverty in Metro Detroit? [Map]

You may see it everywhere, or you may never see it at all, depending on where you live. As the...

How Poor are Detroit, Metro Area? Here’s What the Data Show [INTERVIEW]

Detroit has the most people living in poverty, as defined by the federal poverty threshold, among the nation’s 20 biggest...

Poverty Tells ‘Heartbreaking’ Stories About Families

Delphia Simmons meets a lot of people in financial distress. In her job at the Coalition on Temporary Shelter (COTS)....

DDOT Budget Under Scrutiny

  Crain's Detroit Business Enterprise Editor Bill Shea joins Stephen to talk about a new federal report containing information about the Detroit...