Model D • 6th November 2024

East Side seniors better equipped to age in place with home repair grants and education

Seniors in Detroit often face challenges maintaining older homes. The nonprofit organization U SNAP BAC created a program to help with home repairs and to address needs that it often sees among the seniors it serves.

Parents • 5th November 2024

The Childhood Hobby Shared by 69% of Women Leaders

Girls who play sports can benefit in many ways, including improving their physical and mental health and boosting their academic performance. A recent study by the Women’s Sports Foundation shows that sports prepare girls to be leaders, too.

The Guardian • 25th October 2024

Hellah Sidibe: the man on a seven-year run streak who once hated running

Hellah Sidibe has been on a streak since 15 May 2017. Rain or shine, and no matter how his body is feeling, he has gone for a run for the last 2,700-plus days.

Lonely Planet • 4th October 2024

Epic Runs of North America

I wrote two pieces in this Lonely Planet book: White Sands National Park and The Detroit Riverwalk

National Wildlife • 29th September 2024

Maintaining a Sandhill Crane Oasis in the Desert

In a New Mexico desert transformed by human activity, wildlife managers create the seasonal wetlands that sandhill cranes rely on each fall and winter.

Planet Detroit • 26th September 2024

Planet Detroit's guide to running in Detroit

There’s never been a better time to be a runner in Detroit.

WebMD • 22nd September 2024

COVID Headache: How Long Does It Last?

A COVID headache is a headache that you get as a symptom of COVID-19, or the coronavirus. It’s a common symptom.

Audubon • 3rd September 2024

This Runner Is Completing a 100-Mile Ultramarathon in Every State—For Owls

Ten years ago, Pete Ripmaster was running through the frozen Alaska woods in the middle of the night, lost and alone.

Stanford Social Innovation Review • 31st August 2024

Closing the Racial Diversity Gap in Medicine

A growing body of research shows a positive correlation between the racial diversity of doctors and health outcomes for underserved communities. Yet data reveals a significant disparity in representation across US racial demographics.

Model D • 5th August 2024

Protecting Hubbard Richard neighborhood amid ongoing development

Situated next to the Ambassador Bridge and Corktown, close to the newly reopened Michigan Central Station, Detroit’s Hubbard Richard neighborhood has been navigating industry and development for decades.

Model D • 9th May 2024

Help for Detroiters navigating the path to buying or renting a home

The home-buying process can be daunting. Sometimes it’s hard to figure out where to start and what you can afford. On Detroit’s East Side, the nonprofit U SNAP BAC has been providing workshops and counseling to help people through this journey.

Chalkbeat • 2nd April 2024

Efforts to require home-schoolers to register spark furor

As a House Education Committee meeting ended last month, a group of home-schooling parents and community members began shouting at the lawmakers who wouldn’t allow them to speak. They wanted to speak out against the possibility that Michigan might one day require home-school parents to register with the state.

U-M Erb • 19th March 2024

Tom Lyon’s book on corporate political responsibility helps to ‘unrig’ the system

Many Americans believe business has too much influence in politics, says Erb faculty member Tom Lyon, the Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology and Commerce.

Runner's World • 24th January 2024

Ari Hendrix Wants to Keep Breaking Barriers for Black Women

Until 2012, Ari Hendrix wasn’t a runner and certainly didn’t imagine herself lining up at the Olympic Marathon Trials. But that’s where she’s headed on February 3, and she now holds the title of the third-fastest American-born Black woman marathoner of all time.

Starting Line 1928 • 21st December 2023

Patti Catalano Dillon — Starting Line 1928

In 1980, Patti Catalano became the first American woman to break 2:30 in the marathon. She has held American and world records at various distances—including the 5 mile, 10 mile, 10K, 15K, 20K, 30K and half-marathon.

National Geographic • 14th December 2023

One unexpected way to reduce violent crime? Create green spaces.

Darnell Ishmel’s street in Flint, Michigan, used to be lined with waist-high grass on vacant lots. The blight felt overwhelming, “to the point where I [didn’t] even want to walk outside,” he says.

Outside Online • 30th November 2023

Rosalie Fish Steps Up Advocacy for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

When Rosalie Fish was running as a high school senior in 2019, she drew attention for competing with red paint in the shape of a handprint over her mouth and “MMIW” on her leg as she ran for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIW/MMIWP).

The Seattle Times • 27th October 2023

Why I wanted to run with a bunch of (mostly) strangers in Alaska

This week’s cover story tells the story of a runner finding a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color.

The Seattle Times • 27th October 2023

A runner finds a sense of belonging on an Alaskan retreat for people of color

I’M RUNNING THROUGH the woods in Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula with about a dozen other people. The air is cool, and the trees’ leaves are shiny and wet from the morning’s rain.

Well+Good • 19th October 2023

Yes, Even Recreational Athletes Can Get REDs—Here's What Anyone Who's Active Should Know

REDs happens when athletes don’t eat enough to fuel their bodies. At the center of this syndrome is low energy availability: Essentially, if you’re not taking in enough food, your body will use up your calories on exercise, leaving you without enough left in the tank to support your day-to-day bodily functions.