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Selected Detroit and Urban Issue/Urban Policy Resources  

 

ACCESS (Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services): https://www.accesscommunity.org/

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ACLU of Michigan: https://www.aclumich.org/

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The America We Need,  an editorial project on economic inequality from the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/series/the-america-we-need?

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Arab American National Museum: http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/

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Black Bottom Archives: Black Bottom Archives

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Boggs Center: http://boggscenter.org/

 

Brookings Institute, Cities and Regions: https://www.brookings.edu/topic/cities-regions/

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Brookings Institute, Metropolitan Policy Program: https://www.brookings.edu/program/metropolitan-policy-program/

 

Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library: https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/research/burton-historical-collection

 

Busted: America’s Poverty Myths, radio series from WNYC and NPR’s On the Media:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/projects/busted-americas-poverty-myths

 

Center for Detroit Arts & Culture @ Marygrove: https://www.detroitartsculture.org/

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Data Driven Detroit: https://datadrivendetroit.org/

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Deadline Detroit: https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/

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Democracy Now! Detroit coverage: https://www.democracynow.org/topics/detroit

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Detroit 67: https://detroit1967.org/

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Detroit Collaborative Design Center: http://www.dcdc-udm.org/

 

Detroit Eviction Defense: https://detroitevictiondefense.org/

 

Detroit Historical Society: https://detroithistorical.org/

 

Detroit Institute of Arts: https://www.dia.org/

 

Detroit People’s Platform: https://detroitpeoplesplatform.org/

 

Detroit Public Library: https://detroitpubliclibrary.org/

 

Detroit Public Radio, WDET: https://wdet.org/, WRCJ: https://www.wrcjfm.org/

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Detroit Public Television: https://www.dptv.org/about/

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Detroit Resists: https://detroitresists.org/

 

Detroit Sound Conservancy: http://detroitsound.org/

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DETROITopography: https://detroitography.com/

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Detroit Transit History: DETROIT TRANSIT HISTORY.info: Home Page

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Digital Arts Film & Television (DAFT):  http://daftonline.org/

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Economic Policy Institute: https://www.epi.org/research/

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Essay'd: Detroit Arts + Detroit Artists: http://essayd.org/

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Everyone Counts Census Coalition, Detroit: everyonecountsdetroit.org

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Fabulous Ruins of Detroit at DetroitYES: https://www.detroityes.com/fabulous-ruins-of-detroit/

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Field of Schemes: http://www.fieldofschemes.com/

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Global Detroit: Home - Global Detroit (globaldetroitmi.org)

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Good Jobs First: https://www.goodjobsfirst.org/

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Historic Detroit: https://historicdetroit.org/

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InsideOut Literary Arts: https://insideoutdetroit.org/

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La Sed: Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development: http://lasedinc.org/

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Live6 Detroit: http://live6detroit.org/

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The Lost Homes of Detroit, radio podcast from Reveal, at the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX: https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/the-lost-homes-of-detroit/

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Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR): https://www.mchr.org/

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Michigan Radio: https://www.michiganradio.org/

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MOCAD, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit: https://mocadetroit.org/

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Next City: https://nextcity.org/

 

People's Water Board: https://www.peopleswaterboard.org/

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The PuLSE Institute: https://thepulseinstitute.org/

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Robert Reich: Widening Inequalities of Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmMY-gaqfgE&t=2s

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Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University: http://reuther.wayne.edu/

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The Scarlet E: Unmasking America’s Eviction Crisis, radio series from WNYC and NPR’s On the Media:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/scarlet-e-unmasking-americas-eviction-crisis

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Solidarity: https://solidarity-us.org/

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Transportation Riders United: Home - Transportation Riders United (detroittransit.org)

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The Tuxedo Project: https://www.tuxedoproject.com/

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United Community Housing Coalition: https://www.uchcdetroit.org/

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Urban Institute: https://www.urban.org/

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Virtual Motor City: https://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:collectionvmc

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The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: https://www.thewright.

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Selected by Frank Rashid: frankdrashid@outlook.com

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March 2020

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