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Stephen Henderson March 23, 2015

One of my favorite Paul Simon songs includes a line that has been stuck in my head since yesterday. He...

Pat Batcheller March 23, 2015

Friends of the Rouge Researchers can learn a lot about a river’s health by the condition of the creatures living...

Martina Guzman March 23, 2015

Youth unemployment in Michigan is at an all-time high. Recent reports put the state’s youth jobless rate at 59%, among the highest...

Station Programming March 23, 2015

Next Chapter Detroit From Next Chapter Detroit: Detroit exited bankruptcy with a plan to balance city budgets and improve services...

Station Programming March 23, 2015

Goldnpuppy It has been 150 years since the Detroit Public Library opened its doors as a humble public reading room, and...

Pat Batcheller March 23, 2015

A new study says nearly two-million people in Michigan live in areas where healthy food is hard to get....

Station Programming March 23, 2015

Dori Scores of Detroit fire hydrants went dry this winter; frozen from the weather or just beaten down by...

Sandra Svoboda March 20, 2015

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

Jerome Vaughn March 20, 2015

Students from the University of Michigan often spend their spring break in Detroit -- helping to clean up neighborhoods or...

J. Carlisle Larsen March 19, 2015

Photo Courtesy of NASA Goddard Photo and Video The state’s seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in January. That’s according...

Marissa Gawel March 19, 2015

Marissa Gawel/WDET A non-profit is connecting Detroit residents unable to pay their water bills with donors. The Detroit Water Project...

Bre'Anna Tinsley March 19, 2015

Yelp, In./ Creative Commons The Detroit Historical Society is announcing plans for a new exhibit called the Detroit 1967 Project. The...