Kickstarter became famous in Detroit for helping to fund the (to some) infamous Robocop statue, which raised $67,000 to fund what at the time was...
You’re going to want to see this. It has taken $92 million and countless hours of effort, but the historic David Whitney Building is back in...
It may be one of the smaller buildings, but downtown Detroit has yet another renovation success story. DTE Energy has completed renovating the long...
My husband and I both work in public service in different capacities. My career is in the nonprofit sector; his is in law enforcement. We both work...
Obviously the history, social fabric, and current issues facing Detroit as a region make it ripe for discussion around the Eric Garner and Michael...
If there is one thing I’ve learned in my lifetime, it’s that you can’t please everyone. And based on the comments generated from online news stories...
Detroit is best known for cars and Motown, but that’s not all the city’s given the world. Detroit’s past is peppered with plenty of firsts and great...
It’s a sense of pride. A feeling of triumph. A shared dream for all to see and to celebrate. There’s something about the stamp of hand-made in...
Andrey Douthard had a vision of starting a record store and label. At 28, he’s another one of the Detroit-epreneurs that is trying to make something...
Race in Detroit is a very touchy topic. After all, we’ve had a series of events over the history of our city and region where race has become a...
Anyone who lives in the D knows that car insurance rates are higher than the surrounding suburbs (over and above the State of Michigan being one of...
It’s been rumored for awhile, and now it’s finally happened. Dan Gilbert has purchased the Compuware building, a structure that helped...
“The city needs the suburbs…and, like it or not…the suburbs need the city.” – Me, almost four years ago Before I even clicked “publish” on this one...
Charlie LeDuff’s series on Fox News called “The Americans” takes him around the country in search of who we really are. He talks to...
When we saw them at a little festival on the grounds of Fort Wayne last year, we knew they had something. Many who’ve been around the Detroit...