Turn On the Water
For years, Detroit and Johannesburg have withheld water from Black residents who can’t pay. Gospel music filled the room inside a midcentury church on...
Latino contractors seek bigger piece of southwest Detroit’s building boom
Bridget Barnes Espinosa set up pan dulce coffee hours, visited taquerias and passed out 8,000 flyers, all toward a single goal: to increase construction opportunities for Hispanic contractors...
Detroit women filling a niche in the grocery supply chain
On an early Friday morning, just a few minutes past sunrise, Dani Dueñas arrives at the Detroit Produce Terminal deep in Southwest Detroit to...
Welcome to Detroit, where black babies are at higher risk of death
Mothers face extreme deprivation due to mass water shut-offs, hospital deserts, and stress from economic racism. As a result, Detroit leads in premature births...