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Culture
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Detroit'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.
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Miz 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.
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"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.
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For 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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This new building, called The Anchor at Mariners Inn, will offer more supportive housing, counseling, therapy and job training services.
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New anti-lobbyist legislation in the state Senate. Learn all about the little pools of water at the base of trees. How the bussing system in Detroit schools has led to absent students. A new Asian influenced district in Novi. Then, a segment with the Points North Crew about an underwater crucifix in the Great Lakes. Finally, the best advice about preheating your oven?
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A report from the University of Michigan’s Center for Racial Justice finds Detroiters' support for reparations is strongly tied to their perceptions of racial inequity.
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"So for anybody here who ever wanted to kiss their landlord goodbye, this is your opportunity with city assistance," Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said.
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According to city plans, some of the alleys will get new murals, a farmer’s market, parks, a museum, and an art gallery.
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Detroit City Council approved more tax incentives for the District Detroit project. A Ypsilanti school teacher and poet talked about her new book of poems for children. How companies are looking to address shortage of skilled laborers. Finally, a discussion with two theater intimacy coordinators.
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The $1.5 billion District Detroit proposed projects include 10 new and renovated buildings for over 1.2 million square feet of commercial office space, 695 mixed income residential units and 400 hotel rooms.
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Hear about the United Auto Workers presidential election results. Then, one of the stuntwoman for the Black Panther films stopped in. An expert talks about whether vaping products work for quitting cigarettes. And how Michigan outlawed rent controls?
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Councilmember Mary Waters says there's a risk the land bank is selling homes out from under residents.
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More than 70 people showed up virtually and in person to Tuesday's city council meeting to talk about the district, but Council delayed the vote until next week
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Homelessness is chronic and widespread in Detroit. And it’s affecting learning in classrooms, both for the kids who show up and the kids who don’t.
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University of Michigan football legend and NFL coach Tyrone Wheatley is the new head football coach at Wayne State University. He discussed his plans for the 2023 season, as well as how he chose to coach at WSU.
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The group, known as CAIR-Michigan, says it found the department stopped Black motorists at a rate far above the proportion of Black residents in Ferndale or nearby cities.
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dream hampton discusses her microdocumentary about the ramifications of flooding in Detroit. The documentary focuses on what Detroiters are “forced to leave behind when it floods."
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The Buy Back program is meant to provide a pathway to homeownership for people who lost their homes to foreclosure but never left, people who were victims of housing fraud or who have another significant connection to their house.
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After a three-year-moratorium, Detroit’s Water and Sewerage Department is threatening water shutoffs to residents who owe more than $5,000 and live in what the department calls higher income areas.
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The proposal would change the downtown square's name to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
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Whether it’s due to school being out or tempers flaring along with the heat, summer has a reputation for being the time of year with the most crime.
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Retiring teacher union head on the state of education in Michigan, the Detroit Tigers’ first Spanish broadcasts, and the best biking around Detroit.
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Reflecting on 10 years post-Detroit bankruptcy filing, behind the scenes of one of Michigan's oldest restaurants, and a conversation about how Indigenous people are reclaiming space.