How fast do police come when you call? That depends on where you live. And if you live in Detroit's poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods, you're likely going to wait for a long time.…
It was a gory scene. The driver of a van had a fatal gunshot wound to the head. His seat belt was unfastened. A woman covered in blood was hysterical. The passenger door was open. Police were nowhere to be seen.…
The iconic Packard Plant bridge collapsed onto East Grand Boulevard late Wednesday afternoon.…
Myra Lanton and her family are the flesh and blood people behind Detroit’s crime statistics.…
Motor City Muckraker and Deadline Detroit collaborated on a series about Detroit's declining police services. This is part 1.…
Three weeks before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. looked nervous. Those close to him noticed that his normally steady hands were shaking. His forehead glistened in sweat.…
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts mocked the disabled daughter of former presidential candidate Rick Santorum as a “mongoloid baby” who’s “got her tongue hanging out the side and all kinds of shit.”…
Detroit DJ Moodymann, a prominent figure in the Motor City’s techno and house music scene since the 1990s, posted video on…
Huntington Woods commissioner among critics calling for end of "Drag Queen Story Time;" long-abandoned Metropolitan Building revived in downtown Detroit; firefighters find body in a basement.…
State employee who was charged in Flint water crisis gets cushy job; Brandon Dillon won't seek re-election as the Michigan Democratic Party chairman; and an anti-Semite who threatened local journalists was placed on house arrest.…
DPD officers oust their union president; conservative columnist Nolan Finley wants Snyder to "go in peace;" and a Sterling Heights man has been charged with murdering a transgender woman in Detroit.…
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts, who often rambled about his taste for younger women in media interviews, boasted about the ease of picking up prostitutes during a trip to Amsterdam, saying “You could get a 16-year-old if you wanted one,” according to a new recording obtained by Motor City Muckraker.…
Just hours after Michigan’s Rashida Tliab was sworn in Thursday as one of the first Muslim women in Congress, the progressive Democrat pledged to impeach President Trump to a cheering crowd.…
It would have been national news in any other city: 911 callers reported shots fired at Mumford High School on Detroit’s on the west side.…
As local newsrooms cut resources for investigative reporting, Motor City Muckraker is increasing its watchdog team to shine a brighter light on corruption, education, poverty, civil rights, criminal justice, health care, immigration and the environment.…
Mayor Duggan is waging an expensive and legally murky campaign to remove select tow companies from doing business with the city, potentially benefiting one of his largest contributors and raising questions about retaliation.…
Mayor Mike Duggan and his political machine recruited a team of well-funded allies to run for a commission that will have authority to dramatically change how the city operates and how much input residents have.…
Conrad Mallett Jr., a longtime political ally of Mayor Mike Duggan, abruptly resigned from the Detroit Board of Police Commissioner just two days after Motor City Muckraker exposed a brewing towing scandal.…
Absentee voting is touted as an easy, convenient alternative to standing in long lines at the polling stations, but what happens after you drop the ballot in the mail raises serious questions about the most fundamental promises of democracy.…
Wayne State University is forcing the closure of a unique campus pharmacy that provides numerous health and wellness services to more than 10,000 students, faculty and Detroiters a year – and the administration refuses to say why.…
