Redistricting Commission Needs Michigan Residents’ Help To Define “Community of Interest”

New political district lines are coming -- and now is finally the time for Michigan residents to make their voices heard...

New Report Shows American Journalists Attacked and Arrested at an Unprecedented Rate in 2020

Fibonacci Blue/Flickr Since the murder of George Floyd last May, millions of Americans protested in the streets calling for changes to policing and...

Enbridge Line 5 Now Trespassing on State Land After Missing Deadline

Enbridge has defied Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's May 12 deadline to shut down Line 5, which means the pipeline is now trespassing...

Iconic Producer and Rapper Q-Tip Blurs Genre Lines to Push Hip-Hop Forward

Wikimedia Commons Iconic producer, rapper and tastemaker Kamaal Ibn John Fareed or, as he's more publicly known, Q-Tip, found his passion...

Now Showing at the Detroit Film Theatre: “There Is No Evil” and “Edo Avant Garde”

CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM gives you a front-row seat to the latest films playing at the Detroit Film Theatre (DFT). Jake Neher/WDET...

Detroit Charter Question to Appear on August Ballot, But Officials Split on Version

Zoom Detroiters will have the chance to vote on a new charter, a potential restructuring of the city’s government, during...

Michigan Lifts Mask Requirement for Vaccinated People

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan on Friday lifted a mask requirement for fully vaccinated people and said the unvaccinated do not...

Wayne State Researchers Find Statins Might Help COVID-19 Patients Live

Wayne State University researchers have found that hospitalized COVID-19 patients who took statins regularly before they got sick were less...

How the Motown Sound Made its Way Into Rustbelt Studios

Subscribe to Ann Delisi’s Essential Conversations iTunes — Stitcher — Spotify Al Sutton has been recording and producing records for over 25 years. As...

Community-Focused Newsrooms Face New Challenges During Pandemic

Community-focused journalism is crucial to representing community interests, but the pandemic has made it significantly more difficult to build those connections. Journalists...

The Case for Using Historic Designation to Boost Economic Opportunity

The Atlantic's Inheritance Chapter Two explores "Black History in the Spaces and Places Where Memories Live." One of the latest pieces in...

Work to Connect Detroit’s East Riverwalk to Belle Isle Underway

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy broke ground Wednesday on a new stretch of the East Riverwalk. The ceremony took place at the...