Assignment Detroit: The Detroit House

Still making sense of the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmullatab, the 23-year-old Nigerian accused of trying to destroy Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it neared Detroit on Christmas Day.

Teresa Kalinka is used to people asking her questions about why she moved to Detroit. One look at her loft, and you’d understand. Huge windows. Stunning views. Open layout. Central location.

A glimpse at the life of the 23-year-old who authorities say tried to bring down a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit

Sunday’s incident – or non-incident – aboard Delta Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit raises some key questions: Did passengers over-react – and engage in racial profiling? Here are the key details: During Sunday's flight to Detroit, a Nigerian businessman got up from his seat...

A number of factors are worth noting in the attempt to bring down the Northwest airliner as it neared Detroit

Much of the auto industry's growth will come not from the U.S., but China and India.

Sheila Cockrel has a dramatic personal narrative. Can she win a Congressional seat representing a district intended to ensure an African-American majority?

Since arriving as Detroit Public Schools’ chief earlier this year, Robert C. Bobb has aggressively tackled corruption. That was on full display this morning in a downtown Detroit courtroom.

It’s been a dozen years since the death of Detroit’s first black mayor, Coleman A. Young. So why does he remain such a provocative, and perhaps misunderstood, figure?

Later tonight, President Obama will address the nation and make the case for sending another 30,000 American troops to the Afghan war front. But let's not forget The Other War -- the one unfolding on the streets of major American cities like Detroit.

Metropolitan Detroit is one of America’s most racially and ethnically diverse regions, but also one of its most balkanized. Many Detroit residents view the act of shopping across 8 Mile Road, the boundary between the city’s largely (but, decreasingly) white suburbs, as treasonous.

For many people here, today will be sacred: the match between two of college football’s biggest rivals, the University of Michigan, and Ohio State University. There will be moments of anger and bliss. I’ll watch it all in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Nearly six years ago, Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was one of the most sought-after figures at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. This afternoon, Kilpatrick is making his second appearance ...