If you care about Michigan, please support our work.
Donate TodayQuality of Life
Michigan is a great place to live. Bridge will report that fact often — and on potential threats to the assets that make it so.
Articles
About the project “Michigan Divided”
Bridge is following 11 Michigan people and families throughout 2017 to try to pierce the bubbles in which they, and the rest of us, live.
Meet Michigan's divided
Can 11 passionate Michigan residents and families reach across the political and cultural chasms that too often divide our state?
An election. An inauguration. A divided state.
The gulf between us is bigger than ever. How do we find common ground?
Meet Michigan's divided: Dave and Sherri Frohriep
Meet Dave and Sherri Frohreip from Newberry, in the U.P.
Meet Michigan's divided: Aric Knuth and Jim Leija
Meet Aric Knuth and Jim Leija, from Ann Arbor.
Meet Michigan's divided: Tom Herbon
Meet Tom Herbon, from Troy.
Meet Michigan's divided: Lisa King
Meet Lisa King, from East Lansing.
Meet Michigan's divided: Ron Price
Meet Ron Price, from Holland.
In possible swansong, Cabela’s celebrates northern Michigan
Nine starstruck Michiganders were delighted to share covered bridges, barn doors and their own dashing good looks to promote this year’s holiday catalog for the iconic retailer, which recently announced its sale to a rival
How Cabela’s captured its Michigan fantasy photos
The cult-like hunting and outdoors retailer chose idyllic settings across wintry Michigan for this year’s Christmas catalog. Here’s the story behind each one.
As deer hunting season opens, a fierce debate over using bait
Wildlife experts concerned about the spread of chronic wasting disease face off against more than a half-million deer hunters in Michigan. Money, as well as trophies, hang in the balance.
How Grand Rapids is prepping for the next big storm
Michigan, like most states, will have to spend billions on aging water infrastructure. But cities like Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and even tiny Manistee are already dipping their toes into innovative projects to keep surging stormwater at bay.
Detroit banks on green infrastructure to rescue city from heavy rains
Severe storms have been a recurring disaster in basements across Detroit. The city’s drive to install rain gardens and other innovative infrastructure not only reduces flooding, but is far less expensive than adding more underground pipes
How to take wildlife photos like a boss this summer
Legendary outdoors writer Eric Sharp shows you how to capture that eagle, moose, or other wonder of nature without spending a fortune on camera gear
Threat of environmental injustice extends beyond Flint
Whether it’s lead paint in older homes, airborne pollutants from factories, or the everyday stress of life on the margins, poor and minority communities in Michigan too often bear the brunt of environmental peril.
Mining’s last stand? A UP way of life is threatened
Michigan's last two producing Upper Peninsula iron ore mines hang by a thread, as slumping ore prices cripple the industry
From Italy to the UP: A mining family album
The story of one immigrant family, common in this region, is four generations deep
Empathy, action, truth: How crisis communications might save Flint
Experts say the key to rebuilding trust is skilled crisis management, but that’s not happening in Flint, at least not yet.
Pit bulls versus everybody. Should they be banned?
In the aftermath of two grisly deaths, some cities defend laws restricting pit bulls, even as a bill in Lansing would strip local governments from being able to ban specific breeds.
