Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

This retired hospital worker started a free food fair on her block — with food that would have gone into a landfill

Filling Our Plates: A Detroit nonprofit is using an Uber-like app to connect businesses with small amounts of food to…

3 years ago

She lost her job while on maternity leave. A free online grocery store kept her family fed.

Filling Our Plates: How an innovative Detroit emergency food distribution model empowered recipients through choice.

3 years ago

Is the pandemic over for Michigan? An infectious disease expert weighs in

While the state is lifting restrictions and making progress on vaccination rates, areas like Detroit are still at risk.

3 years ago

Ask Detour: The time has come to mingle indoors. How do you even do that?

Whether and how to gather indoors are big questions on our minds as Michigan winds down masking and capacity limits.…

3 years ago

Ask Detour: To mask or not to mask in Michigan

After the CDC dropped its bombshell guidance last week saying vaccinated folks can forgo the face covering and Michigan Gov.…

4 years ago

Your guide to getting the COVID-19 vaccine in Metro Detroit

Here's what you need to know about where, when and how to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Metro Detroit, from…

4 years ago

Can a community water lab restore trust in Flint?

The Mckenzie Patrice-Croom Water Lab, which opened to the public last year, wants to change the relationship between people and…

4 years ago

Detroit photographer Amy Sacka to unveil ice fishing exhibit at Dossin Museum

An exhibition of Detroiter Amy Sacka’s photography on declining Great Lakes ice cover, “Last Ice,” will launch on Feb. 20…

4 years ago

Take some of the existential dread out of winter’s darkness with ‘candle time’

Candles create a sense of time in the sun’s absence -- with candle time, you can slow down and appreciate…

4 years ago

Getting through Detroit winter is tough — but music makes it better

Here's a playlist for surviving Detroit winter, full of songs we love and music to keep us warm until spring.

4 years ago