Detroit Today: Hamtramck city council primary puts cultural changes into focus
Primary elections are going on Tuesday, including in Hamtramck, where residents will elect six out of nine candidates vying for...
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Detroit Today: Explaining Warren’s primary election and the Jim Fouts controversy
Voting for primary elections began today in cities across the state of Michigan. In Warren, Mayor Jim Fouts, who has...
Detroit Today: Two Detroit initiatives are working to provide affordable housing through creative design
With a median household income far below the statewide average, Detroiters face a relentless struggle to keep up with rising...
Detroit Today: What a Michigan Trump voter thinks about the latest indictment
Michigan voters helped Donald Trump become president in 2016. And even though he didn’t win the state, many Michiganders voted...
Detroit Today: What Jocelyn Benson has been doing to protect Michigan’s elections
Earlier this week, former president Donald Trump — the frontrunner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination — was indicted over...
Detroit Today: Why Michigan is at the epicenter of Trump’s recent indictment
In a 45-page grand jury indictment of Donald Trump released earlier this week, Michigan is mentioned nearly 40 times, including an...
Detroit Today: How can the legacy of Detroit’s Chinatown be preserved?
Last weekend, a 140-year-old building that had once provided resources for Chinese immigrants was demolished by the Ilitch's Olympia Development...
Detroit Today: Analyzing the ambitious goals of Michigan’s new education budget
Gov. Whitmer’s newly signed budget allocated more than $24.3 billion for Michigan education for the 2024 fiscal year. According to...
Detroit Today: Does Michigan’s new budget unfairly tip the criminal justice scale?
On Monday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan’s new $57.4 billion budget into law. Expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year include...
Detroit Today: How can Detroit’s riverfront revitalize Southeast Michigan?
As Michigan cities like Detroit deal with stagnating population, one area of growth over the past two decades is occurring...
Detroit Today: Should Detroit rename Hart Plaza to MLK Jr. Plaza?
Detroit City Councilmember Mary Waters recently proposed renaming the iconic Hart Plaza to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza. Waters,...
Detroit Today: Has the economic growth that made the U.S. a global political force stopped?
From 1870 until around 2010, economic growth and inventions exploded in the United States. The years when people truly shared...