Urban Affairs

Homicides are up in Grand Rapids and Oakland County, while Detroit has been hit by a spate of mass shootings.

Detroit’s Central Counting Board is only accessible to election workers, poll challengers and media observers.

Michigan’s busiest district court will limit the use of cash bail, saying the practice disproportionately burdens poor people and puts them behind bars.

A decade ago, two enemies put down their guns in a Michigan city halfway between Chicago and Detroit. They are still risking their lives, helping others disarm, and hoping for more support.

Now, with U.S. Steel’s recent cessation of operations on Zug Island, what might future residents of the area describe standing at the junction of these two rivers?

The percentage of Black residents fell in the past 10 years, driven out by rising rents and home values. Now, the city is redoubling affordable housing efforts.

After promising five new neighborhoods within its District Detroit and census data showing the surrounding area has lost residents, the Ilitch group unveiled its first renovation of a historic Detroit building since the late 1980s.

Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident.

Here’s why disinvestment matters. Certain Detroit neighborhoods flood, and the city versus the suburbs debate has kicked up again.

Two weeks after Detroit’s heavy summer rain flooded thousands of homes, residents are still cleaning up debris and filing claims to restore their property. With high insurance premiums and low coverage, Detroiters are relying on FEMA for assistance.

Nearly 6 inches of rain inundated Detroit’s water and sewage systems last weekend, causing basements to flood in residential and commercial properties across the city. As residents continue to clean the debris and file insurance claims, they say quick, Band-Aid fixes are unacceptable.

No guns, just gloves: How a Detroiter is using boxing to combat gun violence.

Detroit is stepping up its voice in the movement to set aside government funds to redress Black people for slavery and systematic discrimination.

Less than half of Detroit police, and city residents, are vaccinated for COVID-19. Here’s what this means for public health and safety in the city.

The Parade Co. has bought the historic Brodhead Armory on the riverfront. How much of the WPA-era murals can be saved remains unclear.

Just in time for summer, a look at development along one of Detroit’s most popular destinations, the downtown riverfront.

More than 20,000 Michiganders have applied for help to pay their rent through a federally-funded rent aid program that launched two months ago, reflecting an ongoing need for housing assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A grassroots effort is underway in Southwest Detroit to reach Latinos still hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

A data-based study makes a case for major policy reform to address the widening gap between white people and African-American and Latino residents in Detroit.

A proposed bill at the federal level would allow banking institutions to accept funds from cannabis-related businesses. So far, it has bipartisan support, and stakeholders say the legislation would create greater access to the industry for budding Detroit entrepreneurs.