Fisher Body plant project among new Black-led developments in Detroit

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan listed many new investments by African American business people during his State of the City speech...

The news is chaotic. Here’s how to cope.

The daily news cycle in 2022 can be scary. While we see terrifying images of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, new...

How concerned should we be about nuclear war right now?

It's been more than 30 years since the collapse of the former Soviet Union.  With its downfall came the end...

New podcast navigates identity and personal narrative through shipwrecked slave ship artifacts

The trans-Atlantic slave trade was an enormous event that connected much of the globe. But those stories aren't always told...

What to know about the latest international climate report

Weather patterns are growing more extreme. This is not only experienced through events like wildfires and droughts around the globe,...

President Biden announces U.S. ban on Russian Oil

President Joe Biden has announced that the U.S. is “targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy” by banning imports of...

Southwest Detroit Community CARE mutual aid group uplifted community during the pandemic

  “Communities of Hope” features Detroiters from communities of color who have been looking for ways to persevere during the...

Detroit Mayor Duggan presents $2.4B budget to City Council

Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday presented his proposed $2.4 billion budget to the City Council that he says shows Detroit’s...

Local elections officials need help in 2022

  "We. Need. Help." That’s the message from local clerks as we get closer to the August primary elections and...

New effort to extend term limits has legs

  Michigan has some of the strictest term limits in the nation. But now there’s a new effort to change...

The promises and drawbacks of ranked choice voting

Ranked choice voting is a system that allows people to rank their favorite candidates, preventing votes from being wasted —...

You can’t pay attention and it’s not your fault — according to new book

We live in a world with more artificial distractions than ever before. Author Johann Hari says our focus is being...