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Culture
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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.
Politics & Government
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Duggan said financial rental assistance will no longer be available after June 30, but that the city has come up with other ways to help people facing possible eviction. -
Heather Chesnutt created Detroit Area Formula Finder, a Facebook group that now has over 2,000 members. -
This partnership will focus on neighborhoods in the east and northwest of Detroit. Those neighborhoods had the highest rates of shootings, robberies and assaults with a gun this year. -
The new CEO of Planned Parenthood of Michigan discussed her hopes for abortion access in the state. Then, a new book features the works of Arab Americans in Detroit. Also, we talked with the co-founder of Detroit’s first and only Bud and Breakfast. -
Canada prepares to implement a freeze on imports and sales of handguns. Also, the Ann Arbor Academy is a school that serves students with neurodivergent learning differences and disabilities who struggle in traditional classrooms. Finally, Detroit author Aaron Foley’s first novel, Boys Come First, tells the story of three gay Black men as they navigate millennial life in Detroit.
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The district says its facilities plan will be paid for with $1.2 billion of COVID relief funding. -
The Hall of Famer died Tuesday after a brief illness. Bob Lanier was 73. -
After a two year hiatus, the Detroit municipal identification is back. The municipal ID is much like other forms of government-issued identification. -
Local organizations are partnering with each other to provide repairs to roofs, foundations, stairs, windows, drywall and more. -
A new Neighborhood Beautification Program in Detroit will fund projects repurposing land owned Block Clubs, nonprofits, and neighborhood associations.
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The bike share program, MoGo Detroit, turns one year old this month.? Lisa Nuszkowski, founder and executive director of MoGo, joined Stateside to discuss… -
There are people in Michigan who are quietly making pieces of art with a purpose beyond art. One of them works in Detroit at a nondescript shop on Mack… -
The city of Detroit is suing Dan Gilbert's real estate company, Bedrock Management, for refusing to turn over personal information of its apartment… -
Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a challenge with the state court of appeals this week over the issue of public money for private schools. Schuette… -
There’s a new tool that Michigan cities can use to better understand their health care needs.The NYU School of Medicine has developed what they call the… -
Out-of-state investors own many of the vacant homes in Detroit. Those homes sometimes sit empty until they are stripped by scrappers or burned down by… -
Detroit's back in control of its finances: it's out of oversight.It's a big moment for a city that only three years ago exited the biggest municipal… -
There's been a lot of talk about reviving and restoring Michigan Central – the once-proud train station in Detroit's Corktown.There's another piece of… -
After a year of constant problems, the shiny electric streetcar that hums down Detroit’s main thoroughfare has proven more troubled than trusty.The QLine,… -
It’s easy to picture “comfort food,” but what about “discomfort food?”That’s what Tunde Wey will be serving up in the pop-restaurant Saartj, running from…
