The Death of Samantha Woll
The horrific murder of a prominent member of the Detroit Jewish community has left all of us completely shocked.
Read MoreThe horrific murder of a prominent member of the Detroit Jewish community has left all of us completely shocked.
Read MoreThe latest Ilitch demolition has us all scratching our heads and wondering when we will deserve a better city– for buildings, for historic preservation, and, of course, for Detroiters.
Read MoreA months-long saga to try and clean up a lot being used for long-term storage of inoperable vehicles finally gets a response from a persnickety FOIA coordinator, who points out that, well, we don’t care about the problems here, because it’s not a residential neighborhood.
Read MoreNat looks at a new book by Katelyn Davis and Kristin Shaw about women in the mobility and transportation space, and asks whether a politics of benevolent incrementalism is going to help us solve the climate crisis.
Read MoreMartha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.
Read MoreDetroit’s mayor has a vision for the city. It involves a lot of parking lots, and a lot of low-wage jobs. But there’s a better way.
Read MoreDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan is inevitably coasting to an easy reëlection tomorrow. His legacy is a complex and a fraught one– that deserves a lot of critical scrutiny, in spite of the big moves that the city has made in the past decade.
Read MoreThe US-Canadian border remains closed– and it’s no longer really clear why.
Read MoreThe RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?
Read MoreA new, mid-density development project on Detroit’s far east side is materializing, heralding a new dawn for a corridor that has struggled with autocentric, low density and disinvestment for decades.
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