New Community Center to Open at Detroit School

The Ford Motor Co. Fund is bringing a center to Detroit's east side to help increase educational opportunities for students...

Free Book Exchanges Coming to Detroit Police Precincts

Police in Detroit want to help children in the city read more often.  The police department is partnering with the national...

The Art of Community: How the City, Citizens, Donors Created the Detroit Institute of Arts [VIDEOS]

The Detroit Institute of Arts originally was built with money allocated by the city and contributed from its residents. That...

Bedrock: Four New Developments for Downtown Detroit

By COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Four developments totaling more $2 billion in new investment are planned for...

Public Clashes over Future of Detroit Grand Prix

DETROIT (AP) — State officials are deciding whether to continue hosting the Detroit Grand Prix on Belle Isle, a state...

StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “The city is like one big house”

One day while renovating her recently purchased home, 55-year-old Tate Osten heard a knock on the door. When she answered it,...

Standout Detroit House Songs

House music may have been created in Chicago, but in Detroit's LGBT club scene in the 1980s and 1990s, it...

Students and Pros Design Study Space at Osborne High

Gensler City Year Detroit places young people between 18 and 25 years old in 7 schools in the city to...

Detroit’s Stef Chura Makes A National Splash With Debut Record

If you haven't heard Stef Chura yet, you're bound to soon. This homegrown act has received national attention via NPR Music,...

Crayola boots dandelion for bluish crayon yet to be named

Crayola announced Friday, National Crayon Day, that it's replacing the color dandelion in its 24-pack with a crayon in "the...

Detroit Superintendent Candidate Drops Out

Days before a scheduled daylong interview in Detroit, one of the three finalists for superintendent of Detroit's public schools said he...

Detroit’s Culinary Scene Teams Up To Benefit Freedom House

Update: Freedom House's HUD funding has been restored. Read the press release here. The dinner and afterparty at Trinosophes are...