urban renewal

The heat waves and other challenges that test the way neighbors show up for each other. Also, the city of Muskegon rethinks its waterfront for Great Lakes Cruisers. Plus, a DIY comic book series telling stories of queer black icons. And we take a trip to the Motown Museum.

On today's show, the unfolding saga surrounding a series of charges against officials in the Flint water crisis. Plus, the World Economic Forum in Detroit. And an update on Vladimir Konstantinov andn auto no-fault.

During the 1950s and 1960s, the federal government funded the construction of highways in cities across the country. To build the new infrastructure, many…

Writer's residencies are common, but Write A House offers a residency that might only be possible in a city like Detroit. The group renovates vacant…

When I realized I was vacationing less than an hour from Lac-Mégantic last week, I grabbed my passport and went.I somehow needed to see for myself what…

If we could transport ourselves back to Detroit at its prime, we might barely recognize the city: The streets bustled with a population of nearly two…

Forty square miles. That’s how much of Detroit lies vacant, nearly a third of the city. You could fit Miami or San Francisco inside all that emptiness. At…

It seems the entire nation is watching what will happen in the Motor City.A new documentary opens this weekend looking at Detroit as the epicenter of the…

The Obama administration today unveiled a federal program aimed at helping cities like Detroit revitalize parts of their urban core.The Strong Cities,…

Increasing rates of prescription drug deaths in MichiganPrescription drug abuse is on the rise across the nation, and Michigan is no exception.Detroit…