The New York Times Magazine takes a look at what the "next city" holds and unearths a lot of ideas and questions. In several pieces they take look at cities like Dubai, Shenzhen, and Beijing, as well ...

This Model D and Metromode series aims to report on everyday Detroiters and their experiences as they live and choices about their neighborhoods, health, education, jobs, transportation, and other ...

Renewable energy looks like it will be an engine for job growth in both Detroit and Michigan in the near future. Excerpt: Within a relatively few years, Keith Cooley believes that Michigan could see ...

The Grandmont Rosedale neighborhood in northwest Detroit near the Southfield Freeway and Grand River offers the opportunities for shopping and neighborly camaraderie that a world-class city should ...

Even though the globalization of the auto industry has, for the most part, been a negative for Detroit's Big Three, at least one adaptation has proved to be a positive: the accumulated brainpower of ...

Freep writer sits down with Jack White to talk about his latest musical endeavors. They get on the subject of Detroit near the end and though White's answers aren't glowingly positive, they are ...

Model D has teamed up with The Kresge Foundation for a reporting and engagement series looking at community-building in Detroit neighborhoods. The series seeks to raise awareness about the work of 21 ...

Wayne State University researchers received a shot in the arm that should help them figure out what’s going on in your head. The $295,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help develop ...

Kronk Gym is hallowed ground in the boxing world. Opened shortly after World War I, Kronk, lead by famous trainer Emanuel Steward, has trained some of the greatest boxers the world has ever seen.

The Detroit Science Center will build a new cafeteria and new entrance as a benefit of its partnership with the University Prep charter school system, which plans to build a science and math school on ...

Dollars spent in the D are likely to be re-spent here: an estimated $68 out of every $100 versus just $43 from that same hundo dropped at a national chain. With indie retailers popping up all around ...

Putting information in the hands of students has earned Wayne State University a spiffy new award. The Association for Information Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education gave ...