Hey, guys! It’s been awhile!  It took me a long time to figure out what I would write about this time. Someone suggested I write about...

Transitioning out of this year’s extremely harsh winter has me singing in anticipation of the spring and summer sun. The “polar vortex”...

Dear Sabrina: I really hope you can help me with this as I just do not know what to do. I am a single mother of 4 children and my...

As we look forward to our future and embrace change in Detroit, social injustice and social polarization results in us not looking at or...

The holiday season has just passed, and for many, the spirit of giving has gone by the wayside as the focus on New Year’s resolutions,...

I first heard that question in a “People Encouraging People,” or PEP Group. PEP Groups are small informal gatherings of about 8-10 people...

My phone rang at 8:30 on a Saturday morning.  It was one of those rainy weekends that make releasing the bedcovers difficult.  But I was...

Thrive Editor Sarah Schroeder is a 32-year-old mother, wife, and writer.  She writes the blog “Twinkle Toes and Ninja Boy,” a chronicle...

This month’s article is on how I feel about a few issues in our schools. There are many problems that I feel needs to be fixed, but for...

We have heard it said that “two wrongs don’t make a right,”.  Well the settings in which this plays out are countless. Most recently, we...

Note: I prefer not to attach labels to individuals based upon their current negative behaviors. At any given moment, an individual can...

Dear Mr. Chief Compliance Officer: Detroiters really want the basics. They want their trash picked up, their street lights on in the...

We, all of us, have relatives, friends, coworkers or others in our network who are suffering or have suffered from some form of illness...

In my wanderings around the internet, I came upon an online service called IFTTT (if this then that). If you haven’t heard of it, you...

Despite posting quarterly profits of $9.5 billion, impressive numbers by most standards, Apple’s stock continues to lose ground amidst...

Ever since I decided to research the mechanics of our prison system, I have been somewhat stuck.  I have had to reexamine some of my own...

Dear Sabrina: I really need some help with my mess of a marriage. Let me begin by stating that I married my current husband to make my...

There is much to be said about the injustices prevalent in the world around us. The list is endless, with racial, economic, religious,...

Recently I learned of something even more disturbing than our former mayor’s pending indictment and imprisonment for 24 federal charges,...

Like me, you’ve probably kept up with the plans to lease Belle Isle to the State of Michigan as a cost saving measure for the City. ...