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Education
New Report Puts the Black Male Achievement Crisis in the Spotlight
The latest study on urban black male academic achievement is out, and the data is pretty grim.
Culture
Detroit's Record Labels: A Google Maps History
Given the decline of both Detroit and the recording industry, this map of all of the city's record labels, past and present, is doubly nostalgic.
Culture
Catie Newell's Salvaged Landscape: An Arsoned Detroit House Becomes Public Art
Catie Newell and The Imagination Station turn a blighted block in Detroit into an art-focused community center.
Lifestyle
Video: In Detroit, Where Trance Meets Urban Farming
Disaster tourists have long been flocking to Detroit's decayed infrastructure in search of ruin porn. Is all this attention a good thing?
Cities
Watch a Great Clip from Detroit Lives: "White Girls on the Run"
Johnny Knoxville's Detroit documentary is slowly releasing clips online and this one is excellent. It features Larry Mongo, owner of Cafe...
Cities
Seeing Detroit Through the Eyes of a Jackass
Johnny Knoxville gets beyond the "ruin porn" of abandoned buildings to show viewers what's good in the Motor City
Culture
Photographs from Dilapidated Detroit
The designer John Szot has published an incredible gallery of photographs from the Packard Auto Plant, the Thornapple Valley Slaughterhouse, and...
News
Transparency: The Most Dangerous Cities for Walking
Cities where pedestrians happily walk to their destinations instead of driving everywhere are our dream, but what if walking means taking your...
Culture
Detroit's Creative Revolution Gains Steam, Attention
The creative revolution in Detroit is gaining steam. Even Matthew Barney is getting involved. The New York Times
The Community Board
Detroit SERVATHON - September 23rd
The Detroit SERVATHON creates impact and influence when community comes together. A Southeastern Michigan annual event, that encourages,...
Cities
We're Spending $836 Million to Clean up Old General Motors Plants
With the decline and eventual bankruptcy of General Motors, America was left with a lot of empty manufacturing plants, warehouses, and office...
Cities
Germany Knows a Thing or Two About Saving Shrinking Cities
Parts of former East Germany have been shrinking, Detroit-style, for many years now. And consequently, Germany has a jump on the States in...
Cities
The Sound of Six Refugee Populations
In our new series, The [Un]Observed on GOOD, we partner with the The [Un]Observed, a radio magazine that brings you candid conversations and...
The Community Board
Top 5 US Cities for Green Jobs
Predictably, San Francisco and Portland are named in this shortlist, but one of these Top 5 Cities for Green Jobs may surprise you. Detroit...
Education
Detroit High Schools Teach How To Work at Walmart
Four Detroit public high schools have decided classroom time should be used to train 60 students to work at Walmart. A new partnership gives...
Cities
Saving Money by Cutting Traffic
America is known for its car culture—but we haven't designed our daily commutes from home to work (and back) to be easy. In fact, they're...
Cities
Art Therapy for a City on the Mend
Not long ago, if you had stood at the edge of Detroit and looked south– across the river to the neighboring city of Windsor, Ontario– you ...
News
Pretty Cool: The FT-CH Compact Hybrid
The Detroit Auto Show is going on right now. It's a restrained event this year. But Toyota did make a bit of a splash with its "baby Prius," the...
