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Planet Detroit

Planet Detroit helps you get smarter about the environment in Detroit and Michigan. Planet Detroit’s stories and weekly newsletter focus on explanatory, solutions-based and investigative reporting, and a deep commitment to community engagement around local environmental issues. Planet Detroit’s mission is to raise awareness about Metro Detroit’s environmental and public health issues, hold powerful entities accountable and help our audience connect with their local environment and take action to protect the health of their communities.

How the all-women team at END Studio is making design accessible in Detroit
The all-women at Detroit’s END Studio are carving out a niche that leans into architecture's playful, accessible side.
Researchers predict a combined heatwave and blackout in Detroit could be worse than Katrina. Here’s why.
A new study shows that Detroit is in serious danger from a simultaneous heatwave and power outages that causes blackouts.
Hajime Sato opens Sozai in Clawson, leveling up Metro Detroit’s sushi game
Listen, if you're going to open a sushi restaurant down the street from the legendary Noble Fish in Clawson, you
Entrepreneurship surged in Michigan during the pandemic. Why?
Common wisdom holds that the pandemic has been terrible for business. Economic reports seem to back that up, especially when
How Dr. Sushi’s illegal Corktown pop-up turned into a sustainable business
Dr. Sushi started by selling fish out of his apartment. Now he dreams of opening a brick-and-mortar location.
North End Landing developers press on despite opposition to 180-unit project
Developers of the North End Landing project in Detroit's North End plan to build 180 units -- but not if
Black women have borne the brunt of restaurant industry exploitation. These two are building a new model.
There’s a new labor movement brewing in restaurant kitchens across the nation. That two Black women from Detroit, Devita Davison
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.
Processing the pandemic through fiction with writers rooted in Detroit
The Metro Times Fiction Issue collected Detroit’s best writing talent to explore the theme of “connection.”
The lost houses of Clarkdale Street
Dalia Reyes watched the home on Clarkdale Street in Detroit slip out of her family’s grasp and into foreclosure.