Model D • 15th July 2025

From aspiring to own a restaurant to dishing out tostones: Program brings small businesses to life

To support small-business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs, the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation (DHDC) offers a social entrepreneurship program, which helps build resilience and intellectual capital in the community.

Chalkbeat • 11th July 2025

Detroit teens describe safety fears in school, at home, and on the street

Detroit youth say they generally feel safe in school, but they fear the unknown, both within the school building and in their communities.

Chalkbeat • 9th July 2025

‘Didn’t feel safe anywhere’: How fears of violence shape life for Detroit youth

Safety is a serious issue for young people in Detroit. Chalkbeat talked to teenagers — and the adults who advocate for and with them — to understand how their daily lives are shaped by such concerns.

Local Business News • 9th April 2025

Gorman’s Designer Room Program

A conversation with Yolanda Williams, design consultant with Gorman’s Home Furnishings & Interior Design

Local Business News • 12th March 2025

KickstART Farmington

“The arts are for everyone,” says Dwayne Hayes, the executive director of KickstART Farmington, a gallery and artisan shop in downtown Farmington.

Second Wave Michigan • 31st January 2025

Collaboration gets Dearborn air quality data to people who need it

“Air quality, even just down the street, can be very different from your front door. Having these sensors at a hyper-local level can really give you a better picture of what's going on,” says Nick Thomas, director of MiNextCities at NextEnergy.

Chalkbeat • 10th January 2025

Detroit’s high childhood asthma rate contributes to chronic absenteeism

In Detroit, children have especially high rates of both asthma and absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism – when a student misses 10% or more of the school year – is a complex and pervasive problem.

Belt Magazine • 9th January 2025

Living the Tiny Cabin Life

My husband and I packed our two kids and our dog into the car and spent a weekend in a tiny cabin in a destination I’d never heard of.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Planet Detroit • 11th September 2023

House bills aim to protect Michigan’s pollinators – Planet Detroit

Two bills introduced in the Michigan House are intended to save pollinators—and, by extension, help protect Michigan’s crops and biodiversity.

SeenTheMagazine.com • 22nd August 2023

What to Know About Medicinal Mushrooms and Psychedelics

Last year, Hazel Park joined two other Michigan cities — Detroit and Ann Arbor — in decriminalizing psychedelic plants and fungi, including psilocybin mushrooms. Interest in using these psychedelics to treat depression and other conditions is growing.

Second Wave Michigan • 6th July 2023

Coalition builds plan for unarmed public safety response in Ann Arbor

It’s important to do this unarmed response work, at the core, because everyone deserves someone to be able to call for help—to be able to solve problems.

SeenTheMagazine.com • 16th June 2023

Common Sleep Disorders and What to Do About Them

Every night, adults should get seven to nine hours of sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation. But sometimes, even if you do sleep that long, you might not sleep well, and then the next day, you might feel like you’re dragging through the day.

Second Wave Michigan • 9th June 2023

Coordinating care for mental and physical health

Pallavi Munikrishna is director of Integrated Health Services and CCBHC (Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic) at Development Centers, a human services nonprofit organization in Detroit.