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Bridge’s mission is to inform Michigan citizens about their state, amplify their views and explore the challenges of our civic life.
Back to back: Bridge earns “Newspaper of the Year” honors for 2nd straight year
Bridge Magazine earned “Newspaper of the Year” honors for the second straight year and won 19 total awards in the Michigan Press Association’s annual statewide journalism competition.
Bridge unveils new website design
We’re excited to unveil our new website design, making it easier for readers to explore the site on mobile devices and discover new content.
About the project “Michigan Divided”
Bridge is following 11 Michigan people and families throughout 2017 to try to pierce the bubbles in which they, and the rest of us, live.
How Cabela’s captured its Michigan fantasy photos
The cult-like hunting and outdoors retailer chose idyllic settings across wintry Michigan for this year’s Christmas catalog. Here’s the story behind each one.
DJC Housing maps
Segregation in 1970 Just after the 1967 riots, there were still large parts of west and east Detroit that were nearly all white, the vestiges of the housing patterns — cemented by federal housing policy and local real estate rules — that confined blacks to small slices of the city, creating tension that was a […]
Private colleges, public aid
Michigan has spent more than $1 billion in federal anti-poverty money on college scholarships and grants since 2007, much of it going to middle- or higher-income students attending pricier private schools. Because costs there are higher than at public universities – with tuition at some exceeding $40,000 – many more affluent families qualified for the […]
Don't miss Truth Squad LIVE
Join Bridge and the Center for Michigan on Tuesday, October 11 from 5-7 pm in Rochester for this special event
Join us for Community Conversation and Truth Squad Live event on public trust in state government
Join Bridge and the Center for Michigan on Tuesday, September 27 from 6-8 pm to discuss public trust in state governmen
Your birthday donation to Bridge Magazine goes twice as far!
Will you join the many Bridge readers who are celebrating the publication’s 5th birthday this month by making a tax-deductible donation? A birthday donation goes twice as far – the Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation is generously matching all donations to Bridge in September! Increasingly, support from readers like you will sustain and […]