Michigan Civil Rights Department Free to Investigate LGBTQ Discrimination Claims
Michigan Department of Civil Rights The Michigan Civil Rights Commission is free to investigate civil rights complaints filed based on...
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On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone Hosts Month-Long Series on Eviction Crisis
David Waitz Housing eviction is a crisis “hiding in plain sight” across America, says WNYC's On The Media host Brooke...
State Civil Rights Chief: Grosse Pointe Should Reconsider School Closings
A couple of months ago, Detroit Today highlighted a controversy brewing in Grosse Pointe. The district in that community has been working...
Rep. Dan Kildee “Reluctantly” Comes Out In Favor of Impeachment Proceedings
Jake Neher/WDET It was less than three weeks ago when U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee came on Detroit Today with Stephen...
Democrats Are Increasingly Pro-Immigrant. Here’s Why
Jake Neher/WDET Over the last 15 years or so there has been a 49-point swing in public opinion polling as to...
Netflix Central Park Five Series Spotlights Criminal Justice Problems. We Still Haven’t Fixed Them
Jake Neher/WDET In 1989, five teenage boys from Harlem were arrested and charged with the rape and beating of a...
Detroit Jazz Festival Celebrating 40 Years in ‘Jazz Mecca’
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit’s history is rich with jazz music and culture, and those melodies and stylistic qualities played a major...
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Celebrates Juneteenth this Weekend
Jake Neher/WDET Everyone knows about the 4th of July. But have you ever heard of Juneteenth? The holiday’s name combines...
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Explains Dropping Charges in Flint Water Crisis Case
Jake Neher/WDET Prosecutors have dropped all remaining charges in the Flint Water case. But they say they’re launching a new...
Dismantling the EPA: Big Regulatory Rollbacks and Lowest Staff Levels Since 1980s
This past Tuesday, four former EPA administrators testified before Congress and said that they're afraid for the public's health as...
Benton Harbor Community At Odds with Whitmer on Plan to Close High School
Jake Neher/WDET Benton Harbor’s school district is more than $18 million in debt, according to the Whitmer administration. The governor says if...
Attorney General Dana Nessel On The Constitutional Right To Education
Jake Neher/WDET Are we all guaranteed a right to literacy under the U.S. Constitution? Students in Detroit say we are....