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FAST transit result in speedy improvements
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
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
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
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?
By Kate Abbey Lambertz 103,557: How many more affordable rental properties Metro Detroit would need to add so all the region’s
Confessions of a jaywalker
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
“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
Why keeping Detroit's middle-class residents in the city is key to building a better city.
The Motor Signal Reading Series
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
The system is rife with rule breaking, but has been punishingly harsh for low-income Detroiters