When Miles Davis Walked the Streets of Detroit
wdet In 1953, Miles Davis moved to Detroit for a months-long residency at the Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s...
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Elizabeth Warren Is Candidate to Beat After Ohio Debate, Panel Says
Jake Neher/WDET The fourth Democratic debate took place Tuesday night. Even more than usual, it came at a time of...
Satire or Propaganda? The Free Speech Implications of the Violent Trump Video
A fake and incredibly violent video emerged over the weekend. In it, Donald Trump is seen attacking his enemies inside...
Schools or Corporate Tax Breaks? Crain’s Reports on Battle in Lansing
Jake Neher/WDET There's an ongoing conversation in Michigan about how we struggle to fund all our different priorities here in...
Michigan Recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day, But For This State Senator That’s Not Enough
Today is Indigenous People's Day in many cities and states across the country, and Michigan is the latest to adopt the...
Tyler Perry’s Studio: Success For Black Hollywood Layered and Complicated
Kimberly Moffitt/UMBC Actor, writer and director Tyler Perry has been in the news a lot this week. His new studio in...
Coleman A Young Foundation and We Run 313 Team Up
The Coleman A Young Foundation has partnered with We Run 313 to raise money for scholarships through the Detroit Free Press...
Tracing The Origins of the Race Debate in America
Linfield College Political Science Professor and author Nicholas Buccola takes Detroit Today's Stephen Henderson back to the turbulent 1960s, and a debate about...
“HIV Saved My Life” But Stigma, Discrimination Still Persists in 2019
Annamarie Sysling An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence. Today, many people who are HIV positive are living...
Michigan Resident Aimee Stephens’ Case Could Shape Transgender Rights in America
This week, Aimee Stephens became the first person ever to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear a discrimination complaint on...
Birmingham, White Lake Township Find High Levels of Lead in Water
Oakland County’s Health Division recently announced that they are helping the City of Birmingham and White Lake Township with an...
Nearly Half of All Federal Spending Goes to Health Care. How Do We Fix It?
Jake Neher/WDET The current healthcare system is just not working for millions of people in America. It's extremely confusing terrain to...