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Erin Allen/Michigan RadioDetroit's Movement Electronic Music festival normally ends by midnight, but there’s an overnight dance scene that makes it a 24-hour affair. As a part of our "Mornings in Michigan" series, Michigan Radio’s Erin Allen takes us into the wee hours of the weekend with a Detroit techno icon. -
Paula SmileyMiz Korona's artistry extends from before her scene in 8 Mile through almost three decades of international touring, teaching, photography, fashion design, and beat production. Today, she’s getting ready to release a new EP: The Healer and the Heartbreaker. -
Photo submitted by Joshua Mango"What up doe?" If you’ve heard the term before, you probably know it as a greeting or maybe even a question. But for many Black Detroiters, the phrase is a piece of home. Today, we'll talk about the history of "what up doe" and what it means to its originators. -
Erin Allen/Michigan RadioFor most of us, to start the day is to turn off our alarm, get dressed, have a coffee or maybe water, and then start work or school. But there’s a little place in Detroit where the first few things on the list are instead — sitting, chanting and meditating.
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The city of Detroit is spending $100 million on what it calls the most expansive infrastructure investment in the city’s recent history this construction… -
Nearly seven out of every 1,000 babies born in Michigan will not live to their first birthday. That rate is more than double when it comes to African… -
Ron Sweed, also known by his late-night television host character "The Ghoul," has passed away according to reports from friends and his ex-wife Barbara… -
State environmental regulators are nearing a long-awaited decision on a permit to expand a hazardous waste facility in Detroit.U.S. Ecology first applied… -
Stateside: Dearborn mosque leader on Christchurch attack; NCAA brackets; Flint singer Tunde OlaniranToday on Stateside, the executive administrator of the Dearborn-based Islamic Center of America shares how his community is feeling three days after 50… -
What is lost when an urban area is “renewed?”That’s the question being asked by an exhibition called “Black Bottom Street View,” on display at the Detroit… -
The historic Packard Plant bridge over East Grand Boulevard in Detroit collapsed the afternoon of January 23.The Packard Plant was built in 1903 and… -
Seven companies have pledged a total of $35 million to Detroit’s Strategic Neighborhood Fund. Making the announcement this week, Detroit officials called… -
The city of Detroit runs an annual property tax-exemption program for its lowest-income homeowners. The deadline is Monday, but many qualified residents… -
"Remember when you were a kid? Well, part of you still is. And that’s why we make Faygo," goes an old jingle for one of Detroit's most iconic companies.…
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After years of interviewing other people, Harvey Ovshinsky thought it was only fair to apply the same scrutiny into his own life for his new memoir, Scratching the Surface: Adventures in Storytelling. -
DTE Energy shut off accounts more than 200,000 times since the pandemic began and 1.2 million times before that. Hear the findings of an investigative report into the regulatory system leaving many Michiganders in the dark. After that, conversations on coyotes and on a revered Detroit media producer’s new memoir. -
For some Black people in the 19th and 20th centuries, "passing" meant living part or all of your life as non-Black. Recent creative works — Lovecraft Country, Passing, and The Vanishing Half — have brought the idea of passing back to the forefront. This month on Stateside, we discuss the life of a Detroiter who passed as white in the '40s and return to historical, pop culture references to passing in America. -
The Detroit Police Department is asking for more than $368 million dollars for its fiscal year 2023 budget. -
Michigan is about to receive nearly $800 million in settlement money from opioid manufacturers and distributors to address addiction in the state. Today’s show digs into the settlement and where that money will go to tackle Michigan’s opioid crisis. After that, we revisit two of our favorite author conversations from the past year.
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Detroit officials say the city is planning to invest $45 million dollars in recreation centers. -
A new report from the state’s health department says that Detroiters have asthma at increasingly higher rates than the rest of Michigan. -
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is starting a door-to-door campaign in April after they say that a growing number of residents have not been paying their bills. -
Mayor Mike Duggan highlighted his administration's plans and initiatives in his ninth annual State of the City address Wednesday night. -
All full-time Detroit police officers, as well as police assistants, will be getting a bonus from the City of Detroit.
