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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.

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
Detour Members to Know: Meet Nicole de Beaufort
We couldn’t do what we do here at Detour without our paying subscribers -- all of you who support our work and
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
Get to know: Alessandra R. Carreon, PizzaPlex
Read our feature story with Alessandra R. Carreon, co-founder of PizzaPlex in Southwest Detroit. Get to know Alessandra: What neighborhood do
Find your people: Alessandra R. Carreon, PizzaPlex
Alessandra R. Carreon knew she wanted to make the world a more equitable place. But she never thought she’d do
Muslim Life Outside of the Mosque
Yes, Detroit’s a 'Halal Metropolis' -- and it has been for a century At Target earlier this month, you could buy
Get active in Detroit’s great outdoors on the cheap
Don't break the bank on a gym membership this summer Anyone can tell you: there’s nothing like Detroit in the
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
In Michigan, you can be fired because you’re gay or transgender
Michigan leaders are more supportive of the LGBTQ community than ever, but laws haven’t kept up  This Pride Month marks
You’ve got tax auction questions. We’ve got answers.
Demystifying the tax auction with Outlier Media's Sarah Alvarez Back in February, Detour teamed up with Outlier Media to offer a free