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Detroit’s Most Vulnerable Are Dying in the Cold—When Will We Treat Homelessness Like the Crisis It Is?  

Two children are gone. A two-year-old and a nine-year-old, their lives cut short by the bitter cold of a Detroit winter. Their last moments...

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

Almost Half of Evicted Women and Families in Metro Detroit Say They Were Illegally Pushed Out of Their Homes

In many U.S. communities, eviction moratoriums that were in place during the pandemic have expired. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images by Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State...

Building Detroit’s Future: Black Woman Leads $4.9M People Mover Project, Inspires Next Generation

Jessica English, Image courtesy of Jessica English In the male-dominated world of construction and infrastructure, where women make up only 19% of the workforce, Jessica...

Pistons and PeacePlayers Unite to Launch 6-Week Youth Initiative to Combat Violence in Detroit

Image courtesy of Peaceplayers The Detroit Pistons and PeacePlayers Detroit have teamed up to launch "Pistons for Peace," a groundbreaking six-week initiative designed to promote...

Detroit’s Reparations Task Force Now has Until 2025 to Make its Report, but Going Slow with this Challenging Work May Not be a Bad Thing

Members of the task force listen at a public meeting. Screenshot/Channel 10 by Kamri Hudgins, University of Michigan; Erykah Noelle Benson, University of Michigan; Mara...

Detroit Shines in Michelin’s First Green Guide, Joining Elite List of Global Destinations

 Michelin Green Guide Detroit (Image courtesy of Visit Detroit) Detroit has earned a spot on the global travel map with the launch of its first-ever...

White and Black Activists Worked Strategically in Parallel in Detroit 50 Years Ago, Fighting for Civil Rights

A member of the Michigan National Guard stands at the ready as firemen battle a blaze in Detroit in July 1967. AP Photo by Say...

Trump’s next HUD secretary would have a lot to do to address the history of racist housing policy – and Trump’s own comments and...

Civil rights marchers protest housing discrimination in Chicago on Aug. 2, 1966. AP Photo by Colin Gordon, University of Iowa Donald Trump has picked former football...

Vandalia’s Arnwine Drive Bears the Legacy of Slavery and a Family’s Fight for Justice

Stearlin Arnwine, Image courtesy of Candice Hammons (Photo Credit: Federal Writer's Project, United States Work Projects Administration (USWPA) Arnwine Drive in Vandalia may seem like...

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