FAST transit result in speedy improvements

5 years ago

Metro Detroit is actually doing something right when it comes to transit, and riders are getting on board Transit has…

7 of Detroit’s architectural creatures watching you from above

5 years ago

You might not always notice the gargoyles and other faces carved on Detroit's famous buildings, but they see you...

Detroit has a massive eviction crisis. Here’s how the city could keep renters from losing their homes

5 years ago

In Detroit, a full 46 percent of people facing eviction never showed up to court in 2017, no matter their…

Detroit’s redlining past still plagues the city’s present

5 years ago

In a study, researchers suggest that in Detroit neighborhoods that were slower to recover from the Great Recession, residents were…

The rent went up how much?

5 years ago

By Kate Abbey Lambertz Detroit is seeing significant rent increases in high-demand neighborhoods. 103,557: How many more affordable rental properties Metro…

Confessions of a jaywalker

5 years ago

In many places, streets force you to engage in risky behavior — sidewalks disappear without warning, or you have to…

Detroit development is getting celebrated at the expense of displaced residents

5 years ago

“Desolation.” “Moribund.” “Shabby.” “Mostly empty.” “Once-vacant.” “Mostly vacant.” “Seldom-used.” “Oblivion.” From the descriptions in this Free Press article earlier in…

Why Detroit’s middle class matters now, more than ever

5 years ago

Why keeping Detroit's middle-class residents in the city is key to building a better city.

The Motor Signal Reading Series

5 years ago

Motor Signal jolts the typical literary reading out of its conventional form.

Eric Sabree just exposed the fatal flaw at the heart of the Wayne County foreclosure auction

5 years ago

The system is rife with rule breaking, but has been punishingly harsh for low-income Detroiters