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Detroit voter survey: Your voice matters

Detroiters' votes count -- and we want your help in developing our election coverage.

4 years ago

What it’s like for young Detroit photographers documenting Black Lives Matter protests

“It’s sad to see this happening over and over again, but it’s empowering to see young people taking charge and…

4 years ago

From the Headlines

Sept. 4, 2020 Toxic justice? A recent decision to allow US Ecology to massively expand its toxic waste storage facility…

4 years ago

Jamesa Johnson-Greer: A conversation on why poor communities will suffer the most from climate change

To learn more about why environmental justice matters the ways poor communities are more vulnerable to the climate crisis, Planet…

4 years ago

Hog Island and Detroit’s ‘park question’: A brief history of Belle Isle

In 1870, Detroit had a problem. The City Council had the desire and funds to build a leisure park in…

4 years ago

This week in Sidewalk Botany:

One was used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The other is fun to step on.

4 years ago

Detroit’s ballot tracker was meant to instill trust in voting by mail. For some voters, it did the opposite

Everything we know about BallotTrax, the Detroit ballot tracker that caused confusion for some voters who cast votes by mail.

4 years ago

This week in Sidewalk Botany:

A common allergen and a 'noxious weed' -- both native plants that offer food for wildlife!

4 years ago

How has flooding impacted Belle Isle’s ‘imperiled’ Wet-Mesic Flatwoods forest?

Drone photographs show masses of dead canopy trees on Belle Isle, especially where Lake Okonoka has inundated the island’s Wet-Mesic…

4 years ago

Still battling COVID-19, Michigan braces for an unprecedented flu season

Michigan’s COVID-19 caseload remains relatively low compared to national rates, and leaders in Detroit have touted the city’s low positivity…

4 years ago