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Detroit and Banks Team Up to Lure Police Officers Back to City With Low Cost Homes
The city of Detroit and Bank of America have teamed up to solve three problems at once: By enticing cops to live in urban...
Detroit: The Next Silicon Valley?
Tech job openings rose 82% in Detroit, with companies like Google and Ford hiring engineers in droves. And, college grads in Detroit say...
Arab-Americans are Detroit’s Unlikely Saviors
What others see as an urban disaster zone, Nafa Khalaf views as a land of opportunity. The Motor City, he says, gave him chances...
15-Year-Olds Plant Garden in One of the Worst Neighborhoods in Detroit
Despite her own struggles, one teen has stepped up to help revitalize Detroit. She led a group of volunteers with shovels to plant a...
Detroit Project is Giving $100 Dollars to 100 People Over 100 Days
Project 100 in Detroit is randomly distributing $100 dollars to 100 people over 100 days. Believing that even the smallest act of kindness...
Red Wings Give Detroit Reason to Cheer (Video)
Detroit may be hit hard by the economic downturn and the troubled auto industry, but the Red Wings are giving the city...
Sturgeon Return to Spawn in Detroit River Thanks to Artificial Reef
For the first time in almost 40 years lake sturgeon have spawned in the Detroit River, thanks to an international reef construction effort completed...
Abandoned Rail Line Ready for Bikes, Walking in Detroit
An abandoned depressed former rail line, , officially opened to the public this week as a 1.2-mile biking and walking path and a...
Jay Leno to Bring Comic Relief to a Battered Detroit
During Monday’s “Tonight Show,” Jay Leno announced his plan to do a free comedy show for the unemployed men and women of Detroit. In...
Electric Vehicles Take Center Stage at Detroit Auto Show (w/ Video)
On the opening day of the Detroit auto show, US-based automakers touted new products with a focus on fuel efficiency that they say will...
‘Secret Santas’ Pass Out $11,000 in Detroit Area
Two "Secret Santas" have given away $11,000 to unsuspecting Detroit area residents to add some happiness to their holidays. The Detroit Free Press says...
Good News in History, April 18
80 years ago today, the inaugural hearing of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also called the World Court, was held at the Peace...
Good News in History, March 26
49 years ago today, the Biological Weapons Convention, (BWC) entered into force. It's considered to have established a strong global norm against biological weapons...
Crime is Way Down: 2023 Recorded Likely the Largest Single-Year Drop in Homicides Across US
The FBI's most recent Quarterly Uniform Crime Report data for Q3 2023 shows that nearly all crime in the US is going down; some...
These Are the 20 Best Cities in America By the Numbers… 7 Are in California and 7 in the Midwest
As the International Day of Happiness approaches on March 20, an interesting comparison of cities in the US was published, which provides helpful benchmarks...
Good News in History, February 22
195 years ago today, Spain sold Florida to the United States as part of the Adams-Onis Treaty. It settled a standing border dispute between...
Good News in History, February 19
Happy 38th Birthday to perhaps the greatest competitive female soccer player in history—the Brazilian colloquially called "Marta". Marta Viera da Silva holds the record for...
Sea Otters Returned to a Degraded Coastline Ate Enough Crabs to Restore Balance and Cut Erosion by 90%
Against all odds, a distressed California coastal ecosystem is on the mend, in large part, thanks to the insatiable appetite sea otters have for...
Good News in History, February 3
126 years ago, Alvar Aalto, the renowned architect and designer, was born in Finland. like Frank Lloyd Wright, Aalto would design all the interior...
Good News in History, February 2
53 years ago today, The Ramsar Convention on the Sustainable Use of Wetlands was signed in Ramsar, Iran. When stopping to think about it,...