Pandemic Journaling Project Captures the Complex Story of Life Amid COVID-19
Understanding feelings of sadness and grief caused by the pandemic is an ongoing struggle for many of us. After almost a year of...
Created Equal: Eddie Glaude Unpacks the Racism in American Exceptionalism
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...
Two Detroit Restaurant Owners Share Why They Support a $15 Minimum Wage
That idea of raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour has gained traction since the election of President Joe...
Black Hockey Players Take Center Ice In “Soul On Ice” Documentary
Growing up as a Black kid in Toronto in the late 1970s, documentary filmmaker Damon Kwame Mason didn’t see a...
Exploring the Soul and Rock Genius of RES
Classically-trained Philly-native RES grew up on sound stylings of Gamble and Huff, Bobby Womack and Teddy Pendergrass. After graduating from Temple University,...
How an Auto Workers’ Strike In Flint Nearly a Century Ago Changed the Country
Beacon Press One of the biggest victories for workers' rights in the United States happened during one bitterly cold winter in...
A New Outdoor Concert Venue Arrives in Downtown Detroit This Spring
A new outdoor concert venue is landing in downtown Detroit starting this spring. The socially-distanced design of the space is...
Carole King’s “Tapestry” Album Turns 50
Released in February 1971, Carole King's seminal album "Tapestry" turns 50 years old this month. Carole King was born in...
At One of Detroit’s Oldest Art Institutions, A First — An All-Black Group Exhibition
When the writer and philosopher W.E.B DuBois wrote “The Souls of Black Folk” in 1903, his observations of being Black...
How Do We Talk About Fat Discrimination? Author Aubrey Gordon Has An Idea
It’s time to have a real and intentional conversation about fat, the look of real body-positive advocacy and the stigmas...
Chick Corea, Jazz Great With 23 Grammy Awards, Dies at 79
Chick Corea, a towering jazz pianist with a staggering 23 Grammy Awards who pushed the boundaries of the genre and...
RECIPE: Warm Up With This Aromatic Sipping Broth
The winter months are long and cold, but there is plenty of culinary enjoyment to be had this time of year....
