How safe are Metro Detroit’s dams? We broke down the data

4 years ago

It shouldn’t have been a surprise when two dams in mid-Michigan dams failed on May 19th—they are two of hundreds…

Artist Sydney G. James’ Malice Green mural won’t just be a tribute — it’s a call to action

4 years ago

Sydney G. James’ art is a call to action: to see Blackness — especially Black women, to remember that Black…

The oppressive history of curfews in Detroit

4 years ago

Historian Jamon Jordan traces the roots of Detroit's protest curfews to a Black uprising in 1833.

Amid protests, Detroit Bail Project keeps fighting to change a broken system

4 years ago

"We are trying to end the systemic racism that has been happening for so long and trying to create real…

9 ways to soak up the first week of June in Detroit

4 years ago

Here are some ideas for things to do in Detroit right now -- on a screen and out in the…

Do you have a question? Ask Planet Detroit!

4 years ago

Do you have questions about your air, water, soil, food, energy, and health? We’re here to help answer your questions…

Join ‘Detroiters Do Science’ in June for a BioBlitz with iNaturalist

4 years ago

We’ll be offering ways to help get you thinking about the outdoors and indoors — and how your local environment…

‘Tiger Dams’ provide Jefferson Chalmers with flooding solution — for now

4 years ago

"A little bit unattractive, but it's better.. than the sandbags." That's how Detroit General Services Department Project Manager Crystal Perkins…

Detroit’s population was still slowly shrinking in 2019

4 years ago

That's part of why there's so much riding on the 2020 Census.

12 ways to feel sunny this week in Detroit

5 years ago

Keep bumping that techno. Sip wine with the stars. Test your trivia knowledge. Head to the drive-in (popcorn included)!