Local nonprofits like Detroit’s Friends of the Rouge provide a way for residents to get involved in helping their local environment. FOTR executive director Marie McCormick shares how the 34-year old organization is coping financially while innovating new ways to help connect people with their watershed.
The percentage of people of color who are jailed is disproportionately high; 70 percent of Wayne County's inmates are Black, compared to 40 percent of the county's overall population. Unaffordable bail is a major driver of those numbers, according to Asia Johnson of The Bail Project in Detroit. So her aim is to disrupt that process before it starts.
This piece is the first of an occasional series on how Metro Detroit’s gig economy has evolved over the past decade, and where it’s going.
You don't have to watch HBO's "Silicon Valley" to know that the tech industry is dominated by men. But as Detroit's tech scene takes off, women are banding together to ensure that they are part of the conversation. Nina Misuraca Ignaczak has the story.
It's no secret that young professionals have gravitated to Detroit's urban center in recent years, but what happens when they start having kids? Nina Misuraca Ignaczak spoke with some families who have made the commitment to stay and raise their kids in the city.
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