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In the run up to Michigan’s 2018 gubernatorial election, the revelation that now–Lt. Gov. Garlan Gilchrist owned a blighted Detroit apartment building marked one of the campaign’s biggest scandals.

Although Detroit is known the world over as the Motor City, it has always had public transportation and it used to be really good. It was slow going on Detroit’s muddy streets until rails were built.

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As you’d expect when in the midst of a global pandemic, development news has been relatively slow the past couple of weeks. People are rightly consumed with finding ways to support themselves and stay ...

Detroit might have a reputation for being a city of homeowners, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of renters here. Renter-occupied households now make up about 44 percent of living spaces in ...

One of Detroit’s oldest homes, and one of the few left in its style, is for sale. Though it’ll be a true labor of love to restore it. This 1,400-square-foot home on Sixth Street has had quite a ...

Thinking about moving to the Motor City? That’s great. Detroit’s population has been on a steady decline over the last half-century, and the city needs some new residents. It’s also got a lot going ...

The last decade has, without question, been a remarkable period of development in Detroit. Historic structures have been restored, newer buildings constructed, and plenty more in the works. But for ...

Detroit’s Prohibition-era history is long, varied, and wild. As a border town with easy access to Canada, the city served as a funnel for illicit booze, and the attendant crime (organized or otherwise ...

“Anybody who’s ever been there can tell you it’s the dirtiest square mile in Michigan,” novelist and former high school English teacher Gregory Fournier says of Zug Island. “But for me, it was a kind ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Race and Justice Reporting Initiative at the Detroit Equity Action Lab, a program of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights. The initiative is ...