The Metro Events Guide: Interactive sculptures, intimate concerts and more ways to engage with art
This week, we've got tons of ways to engage with art in metro Detroit, from interactive sculptures to intimate concerts....
The Metro: Could I-375 pause rekindle Detroit’s fight for real repair?
I-375 is not just a concrete thoroughfare — it is a reminder of how Black neighborhoods were sacrificed, and how...
The Metro: Postponed I-375 redesign project raised awareness of historic Black Bottom neighborhood
The Michigan Department of Transportation recently announced postponing a planned I-375 reconstruction project citing increasing increased costs and community feedback....
The Metro: Black Bottom Archives celebrate 10 years
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many Black Americans moved to Detroit during the Great Migration....
Created Equal: Residents speak out against I-375 redevelopment plan
A coalition of community voices is challenging the “I-375 Reconnecting Communities Project” to replace the one-mile stretch of freeway on...
The Metro: New exhibit tells history of Jewish community living in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood
Detroit's Black Bottom community has received a lot of attention over the past year — in part because of the...
DER Weekends: Stephen Henderson building a local news culture centering Detroit voices
On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report Weekends, WDET's Sascha Raiyn talks with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson...
Reckoning 375: Why advocates say centering Black voices is key in I-375’s redevelopment
In the next installment of Detroit Today's miniseries, Reckoning 375, we explore what I-375's reimagining would look like if...
Reckoning 375: Community stakeholders discuss potential impact of I-375’s removal
In the latest installment of Detroit Today’s special series, Reckoning 375, we continue our conversation about the plan to replace I-375...
Reckoning 375: How New Orleans prioritized people over pavement
In the latest installment of Detroit Today’s special series, Reckoning 375, we continue our look at the plans to replace I-375 with...
Reckoning 375: The impact of I-375’s construction on two historic Black neighborhoods
Black Bottom and Paradise Valley were two majority-black neighborhoods on the lower east side of Detroit that were both destroyed,...
Detroit Today: Reckoning with the construction and rebuild of I-375
In the early 1960s, I-375 was created. That highway, and highways like it, allowed people to more quickly maneuver the...