The influx of mostly white newcomers and New York artists has been a concern among Detroiters who worry about rising displacement and wonder why long-time...
County Treasurer Eric Sabree is in the hot seat, but no one’s answering the biggest question about the tax auction Yesterday the Wayne County Ethics...
This Flint startup has upcycled 16,000 water bottles into glasses
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- 11 December
By Erin Gold Ali Rose VanOverbeke and Jack Burns, co-founders of Flint eyewear startup Genusee, can measure their progress in plastic. So far, they’ve turned...
Fall is auction season in Detroit, as Wayne County sells off homes that were foreclosed on due to unpaid property taxes. We’re currently in the...
By Detour Neighborhood Ambassador Frank Nemecek Warrendale is a familiar name to most folks in the Detroit. The neighborhood shows up in the news...
Detroit’s infamous foreclosure auction looks different this year
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- 28 September
Every year, counties across Michigan auction off foreclosed properties whose owners have been delinquent on property taxes for three years. While it’s a state-mandated, quiet...
At first glance, the seven people picking their way through the shadows of a southwest Detroit underpass at the end of March could have been...
OPINION: Detroit isn’t a tale of two cities. There’s something worse going on.
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- 26 July
During the hours when people are in line to find secure housing, their means of transportation is silently whisked away....