This week, One Detroit compiles a "Best of" episode featuring Detroit creatives. Producer AJ Walker talks with author Aaron Foley about his debut novel, "Boys Come First," which follows three Black gay millennial men maneuvering through their 30s in Detroit. Then, producer Eden Sabolboro talks with artist Sterling Toles about a new spring 2022 exhibit focused on Black artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design. Plus, One Detroit revisits a conversation with the 2021 Kresge Eminent Artist, Detroit artist and educator Shirley Woodson. Read Now at One Detroit.

Climate change-fueled weather such as extreme storms will provide a direct threat to contaminated waste storage sites, nuclear power plants and industrial facilities at multiple sites on the shores of Lake Michigan, according to a new report. The 63-mile corridor from Gary, Indiana, through Illinois to the Wisconsin border is particularly at risk. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.

Just a couple years ago, nobody had heard of 6PPD-quinone, a chemical by-product of car tires. Until it was discovered that it can kill fish, including species in the Great Lakes. Researchers with the University of Washington discovered in late 2020 that 6PPD-quinone was washing off roadways and into Seattle’s urban creeks during rainstorms – a death sentence for coho salmon. Read Now at Great Lakes Now.