What happens when you give people cash to move to Detroit

4 years ago

Can a neighborhood tackle two of Detroit's biggest problems — shrinking population and chronic disinvestment — by giving people cash…

A new way to support your favorite reporters and community-powered journalism

4 years ago

Detour Detroit's Community-Powered Journalism program banks on the most valuable part of local media: the reporting itself.

Detour Detroit is hiring a newsletter editor

4 years ago

You're a news-obsessed writer who can nail deadlines and can be trusted to deliver on assignments while working from home,…

Detroit’s ‘Well-Read Black Girl’ Dawn Sarai Robinson uses books to bring people together

4 years ago

Dawn Sarai Robinson launched a Detroit chapter of a book club that celebrates Black women and nonbinary writers... and brings…

Is Michigan breaking its own lead rule?

4 years ago

the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Great Lakes Environmental Law Center (GLELC) were requesting a “Declaratory Ruling” around partial…

Mapping urban sprawl in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs

4 years ago

It turns out, you can drill down and actually quantify one aspect of sprawl, thanks to the Street Network Disconnectedness…

Detroit Housing Commission opens rent voucher waitlist for the first time in 5 years

4 years ago

The rare waitlist opening underscores the incredible need for affordable housing in the city, which the public housing authority is…

Activists brave the cold for ‘Tri-County Environmental Justice Solidarity Rally’

4 years ago

Residents from Macomb, Wayne, and Oakland counties came together on a chilly evening Thursday, January 23 for a "Tri-County Environmental…

Deteriorating conditions and soil tests raise concerns about dock collapse on Detroit River

4 years ago

EGLE issued a press release on January 16th, saying that “it considers inadequate the steps [Detroit Bulk Storage has] taken…

How Backstitch, a new sewing and alterations shop in Highland Park, is built to serve community

4 years ago

Kristine Ferguson opened her sewing and alterations shop Backstitch to provide a new service and learning hub for her community…