A new, enhanced Motor City Muckraker for 2014
When we launched Motor City Muckraker in the summer of 2012, we wanted to explore Detroit in ways that the local media hadn’t.
Mayor-elect Mike Duggan pledges to tackle fire epidemic, EMS times
Mike Duggan’s first move was nominating an interim fire commissioner with a strong background.
Murals transform walls near abandoned train station (photos)
The project, “Station Walls,” features some of the most eye-catching graffiti in Detroit.
George W. Bush lawyer wanted to ‘ship out’ gay staffers to Detroit
An internal report raises serious questions about the new Detroit office and the people sent to work there.
Judge: Renisha McBride shooter ‘made bad choice,’ will stand trial
“The defendant’s first thought was to bring a shotgun to the door, not call for help,” the judge said.
Defense claims fatal shooting of Renisha McBride was justified
A reasonable person would have feared for his life and therefore been justified in pulling the trigger, attorney says.
Second stage of demo begins on historic Brewster-Douglass project
The Brewsters are the nation’s first publicly funded housing project for black people.
Renisha McBride was seen wearing hoodie before being shot, killed
Hoodies have served as symbols of racial profiling in the wake of the Trayvon Martin killing.
Heidelberg Project reaches fundraising goal of $50,000 following fires
The fundraiser is aimed at protecting the installations of lost art.
‘I just want to go home,’ Renisha McBride said hours before being killed
“I didn’t want her out there by herself,” a woman who witnessed the crash said.