The Metro: Too broken to live in, too expensive to fix. Detroit’s unique housing crisis
Detroit has a housing problem. But in this city, compared with others across the country, the issue isn’t about a...
The Metro: Too broken to live in, too expensive to fix. Detroit’s unique housing crisis
Detroit has a housing problem. But in this city, compared with others across the country, the issue isn’t about a...
The Metro: If ‘Detroit Never Left,’ who wrote the comeback story?
If you have lived in Detroit for a while, you’ve heard the city’s revival narrative. The magazines, the national news,...
Understanding road salt damage to Detroit’s tree canopy
As temperatures drop and snowfall increases this winter, Detroit's road commissioners break out their plows and salt trucks in order...
The Metro: New U-M study says your food was engineered like a cigarette
That creamy Reese's peanut butter cup dissolving on your tongue. The next crunchy Dorito you're reaching for before you've swallowed...
The Metro: Why the price of lettuce keeps increasing at your local grocery store
Grocery stores offer colorful produce aisles, where pyramid-shaped mounds of apples, oranges and lemons sit waiting for your inspection. In...
The Metro: She says Detroit’s food problem isn’t about donations. It’s about who owns the system
Part of the affordability crisis hitting American families is happening on our plates. One local wholesale distributor says multiple factors...
The Metro: The case for creating a greater Detroit
Late last year, Rogelio Landin ran for mayor of Detroit on a simple platform: the city should annex some of...
The Metro: Why Detroit needs more money — and how it could be raised
Detroit has a lot of needs, including things like bus transit, policing and security, and trash pickup. Those things cost...
The Metro: Have protests against ICE been effective?
Many have been actively engaging and organizing against federal immigration enforcement and the killings of Americans at the hands of...
The Metro: The humility and light of Albert Kahn
Of all the architects in Detroit, one of the best known may be Albert Kahn. He designed some of the...
The Metro: What is Detroit ACE and how does it support the arts?
Artists in Detroit largely depend on support from charitable organizations and government funding. So, what does that support look like?...
The Metro: The inner workings of ICE and the origins of immigration policing
The killing of two American citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has forced the country to look more closely...