The Dig

When you get a $3,700 water bill… for a house with no pipes

Anytime a group of people gathers regularly, little traditions start to form, intended or not. The monthly meetings of the…

5 years ago

Amidst Brightmoor’s vacant lots, these young Detroit farmers are growing crops — and battling food insecurity

The Youth Grow Brightmoor program, founded in 2014 by Brightmoor residents Bill and Billie Hickey, teaches neighborhood youth to grow,…

5 years ago

When Hudson’s imploded, this architect’s imagination took off

The Shin sisters created De-troit Detroit," a collection of demolished building fragments inspired by a 2018 visit to Detroit.

5 years ago

Show-stopping Detroit Airbnb was once an empty ruin

Who hasn’t fantasized about buying and restoring one of the city’s grand old homes to its former glory? Living that…

5 years ago

U of M’s role in Detroit Evictions

Here's how Outlier Media founder Sarah Alvarez uncovered University of Michigan’s controversial role in Detroit evictions.

5 years ago

Helpless, angry and stranded — what it’s like living on a flooded Detroit street

A wet summer, record-high water levels across the region and a crumbling water and sewer system have submerged a community…

5 years ago

The sidewalk ends far too often in Detroit

Downtown Detroit might be increasingly walkable, but there are large swaths of the city that don’t qualify as “walkable,” which…

5 years ago

Map of Detroit’s Project Green Light locations shows where the city could always be watching

Under Project Green Light, launched in 2016, participating businesses pay for surveillance cameras to be installed and monitored by the…

5 years ago

The problem with turning the “jewel of Detroit” into a race track

Detroit’s liveliest beach and outdoor area, Belle Isle, will restrict access to the public so paying spectators of the Chevrolet…

5 years ago

Opinion: Can an artist from New York call out gentrification in Detroit?

The influx of mostly white newcomers and New York artists has been a concern among Detroiters who worry about rising…

6 years ago