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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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In Detroit, places like Downtown, Midtown, and Corktown are undergoing major changes. Investment is flowing, and an influx of white residents are moving… -
A lot of people have tried – and failed – to make significant changes to Michigan’s auto insurance system. Michigan drivers pay some of the highest… -
There wasn’t always such a clear dividing line between the two neighborhoods on either side of Alter Road.The change happened slowly. White families began… -
Actor and comedian Marc Evan Jackson has appeared on Parks and Recreation, Reno 911!, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He currently stars as an all-knowing… -
Wayne County is switching up the way it will report real-time results for Tuesday’s election. Officials say the county will bypass its usual website… -
Detroit and Buffalo will each receive $50 million from the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation to improve waterfront parks.The West Riverfront Park in Detroit… -
New data show the range of life expectancies for different areas in the state.The numbers are from the U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project… -
How is design playing a role in Detroit’s revitalization?That question will be on many designers’ minds at the first-ever Detroit Month of Design. It runs… -
The city of Detroit is celebrating the life of Aretha Franklin this week.Franklin died two weeks ago at the age of 76.Events include tributes from famed… -
Most entrepreneurs start small and dream big. And for Nailah Ellis-Brown of Detroit, those dreams came true. She started selling her family's sweet tea…
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There’s a new automaker in town.Mahindra comes from India. It’s been assembling Jeep-derived vehicles in Mumbai for 70 years. Now, it’s got its own… -
Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality should update its rules on the level of lead that’s considered acceptable in drinking water.That is the one… -
Detroit Parks and Recreation is reopening the Scout Hollow campground in Rouge Park after a closure of more than 10 years. The campground will offer group… -
In the land of Big Three universities and football wins, tiny Marygrove College doesn’t much matter. That’s the Michigan way – a not-so-flattering…
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Fifty years ago, the practice of barring people from buying houses in certain neighborhoods or declining home loans because of race or ethnicity became… -
The economy is booming and the unemployment rates for the nation and Michigan are low. In Detroit, the official rate has fallen dramatically since peaking… -
The wolf was at the door for Marygrove College. After nearly a century, the small liberal arts college in Northwest Detroit was drowning in debt and… -
It’s been half a century since the federal government banned discrimination in the home mortgage industry. But a new analysis of mortgage data shows… -
Detroit may have quietly banned many Airbnb rentals with a new zoning law that went into effect this week. The zoning change as written bans Airbnb room… -
Redevelopment is planned for the former Detroit police headquarters building.Bedrock real estate and Pike Pointe Holdings are partners on the project.…
