Veronika Scott and Empowerment Plan: A Detroit Success Story That Gives Back
Ending the cycle of poverty? Veronika Scott has a plan for that.
Erin Marie Miller is a freelance journalist and photographer in Metro Detroit. Her work has been featured in the Detroit Metro Times, HOUR Detroit, Model D Media, Second Wave Michigan, Metromode, SEEN Magazine, Birmingham Magazine and more.
Ending the cycle of poverty? Veronika Scott has a plan for that.
As government assistance dwindles and food costs rise, nonprofit food providers are seeing a growing need for assistance in communities across Southeast Michigan. Here's how they're coping.
What does a worker-owned small business look like? The team behind Data Driven Detroit discuss their new model and why they wanted a democratic, responsibility-driven workplace.
Over 30 years ago, Dr. Sheryl Kubiak made an observation that would alter the course of her career forever and, eventually, impact the future of Michigan's incarcerated.
On a bright day in late June, I sat at my desk staring at an invoice that had just been delivered to me. As my...
A perfect storm of increasingly late rent, a series of eviction moratoriums, and a lack of options for financial relief in the wake of the pandemic has left the future uncertain for affordable housing providers and "mom and pop" landlords in Detroit.
What to expect when you're expecting behind bars.
On a typical night during a typical week, staff and volunteers at Alternatives for Girls pile into vans, driving around Detroit on a mission to connect with human trafficking victims on the streets.
When the Real Ale Company opened in Chelsea in 1982, there were only a few microbreweries in the state. "It was like pulling teeth to get a license," says Ted Badgerow, who spent months working with his partner Gordon Averill to obtain permits and secure a location zoned for a microbrewery.
Local folk musician’s new video chronicles an intense yearlong journey.