Through its resources, innovative lending, wealth-building initiatives and economic justice advocacy, OppFund has empowered ...

A burning field, forest, or prairie in your local park may be an alarming sight, but sometimes it's actually a sign of an ...

A transformative blueprint: invest early, trust parents, and recognize that nurturing families yields a huge return. Across Michigan, a growing number of communities are redefining when education ...

Federal Medicaid cuts threaten the very lives of those living with serious mental illness, disabilities, and substance use disorders as well as the quality of life and livelihoods of those managing ...

Consumers Energy will replace outdated natural gas pipelines in four Metro Detroit cities over the next four years to improve ...

We kick off a three-part series on housing in Detroit with an examination of how the single-family home became the city's dominant housing type.

Congregants of Shaarey Zedek acquired the land for Beth Olem in the early 1860s, and the first burial probably happened around 1868. Germans owned the surrounding farms. Later 19th-century cemeteries ...

Caitlin Marcon. Photo by David Lewinski. "We are constantly learning in terms of the design of what works and what makes people the most comfortable, whether they're on a bike or in a car," says ...

Recently named Michigan Edibles' best cannabis chef, Enid Parham (also known as Chef Sunflower) is famous for her tasty food. Whether making food that is cannabis-infused or not, she is a whiz in the ...

This article is part of Inside Our Outdoors, a series about Southeast Michigan's connected parks, greenways, and trails and how they affect residents' quality of life. It is made possible with funding ...

One of the homes set to be redeveloped into a net-zero residence by the Parker Village initiative. Shannon started the process for Parker Village in 2015, with the purchase of 43,000 square feet of ...