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Jamon Jordan, Detroit's official historian, explains what made the grand reopening of Michigan Central Station such a big deal.
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This year marks Motown's 65th anniversary. How and why did this music from Detroit become so special to people around the world?
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What happened on the campus of Wayne State University, where protesters calling for divestment from Israel were arrested and removed. Also, the human history of Michigan Central, a glorious welcoming spot for many first arrivals to Detroit in the 20th century.Plus, how Michigan overhauled its system for accused citizens who can’t afford their own lawyers.
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How Toledo is preparing for next week's solar eclipse, honoring the life and legacy of poet and activist John Sinclair, a novelist's contemporary riff on Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility," and a documentary on jazz from Detroit premiering at the Detroit Free Press Film Festival.
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“The Future,” a new speculative novel by the Montreal-based writer Catherine Leroux, reimagines what Detroit would be like today if the French had never ceded the city to the British in 1760.
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Michigan Football's first national title since 1997, a new book aimed at making physics more accessible, composting efforts in Traverse City's downtown restaurants, a history of female wrestling in Michigan, and the significance of Cartier Buffs for Black Detroiters.
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High volumes of nickel in the Lake Superior region, a Clements Library exhibition deconstructing how Native Americans have been photographed throughout history, and a legendary street racing car.
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In Detroit's 1970s street racing scene, there was a car that dominated: The Black Ghost. It was a Dodge HEMI Challenger that would compete occasionally then disappear.
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LeRoy Foster was a prolific painter sometimes called "the Michelangelo of Detroit." He died in 1993. A new show at the Cranbrook Art Museum celebrates his life and art.
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Oxford School shooter could serve life without parole, the Moth story slam does porch pop-ups, a great Detroit Tiger player with a bad legacy, sheep helping solar fields and a conversation with a Southwest Detroit muralist.