Tag: Detroit
Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis –...
Amanda Nothaft, University of Michigan
Property taxes in Detroit, the highest among major U.S. cities, continue to burden the...
Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind...
Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago
During the 1960s, in a country divided by racial strife, the music...
Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal...
Omayma Alshaarawy, Michigan State University
Have you been to a licensed cannabis dispensary lately?
My team...
Hosting the NFL draft is less about weekend beer sales and...
Tim Derdenger, Carnegie Mellon University
When the NFL draft arrives in Pittsburgh in April 2026, city officials are sure...
George Plimpton’s 1966 nonfiction classic ‘Paper Lion’ revealed the bruising truths...
Stephen Siff, Miami University
As the Detroit Lions barrel toward a Thanksgiving Day game with the Green Bay Packers,...
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus a Chinese scientist pleaded guilty...
Tom W. Allen, Mississippi State University
A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan who drew national attention...
You can be exposed to PFAS through food, water, even swimming...
Ruohao Zhang, Penn State; Jiameng Zheng, Louisiana State University ; Wendong Zhang, Cornell University, and Xibo Wan, University of Connecticut
2 ways cities can beat the heat: Which is best, urban...
Ian Smith, Boston University and Lucy Hutyra, Boston University
When summer turns up the heat, cities can start to...
EXPLORING NATURE
How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776?...
Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Institution
Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys,...
