Michigan GOP Political Consultant Reacts to Democratic Ticket of Whitmer, Gilchrist
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Abdul El-Sayed: “I Do See Myself Doing It Again”
Jake Neher/WDET Gretchen Whitmer’s selection of a running mate on Monday sets a pretty clear course ahead for the general...
Stephen Henderson: Aretha Franklin ‘Was The Power Behind Our Voices’
WDET The following is an essay from Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: Today, the words don’t feel big enough in...
Medical Researchers: Kids Were Not ‘Poisoned’ In Flint Water Crisis
Jake Neher/WDET When we think about the horrors of the Flint Water Crisis, the thing that often comes to mind first...
Schuette Picks Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons as Running Mate
Cheyna Roth/MPRN Attorney General Bill Schuette has chosen Lisa Posthumus Lyons as his running mate for the November election. Schuette...
Should We Segregate Students Based on Academic Ability?
Jake Neher/WDET Parents, students, and teachers are preparing for the new school year in just a couple of weeks. Two...
Is Racial Hatred More or Less Empowered One Year After Charlottesville?
Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb This week marks one year since white nationalists, white supremacists, and Nazis marched in the streets of Charlottesville,...
How Did Media Miss Betty Jean Alexander’s Campaign Before Shocking Victory?
Betty Alexander Facebook “Shock” might be the best way to describe the reaction of journalists and political watchers to last...
GOP’s DeShawn Wilkins Hopes to Stop Betty Jean Alexander’s Unlikely Trajectory Toward State Senate
Jake Neher/WDET Last week, one of the more surprising results from the primary elections in Michigan was the Democratic contest...
‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’–The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids
WDET This Wednesday, the Detroit Today team is having another in-community book club meeting for their summer reading of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer...
Rashida Tlaib After Victory: ‘People Saw That I Was Real’
Jake Neher/WDET Rashida Tlaib will soon likely become the first Muslim woman ever to serve in Congress. For over fifty...
New United Way of Southeastern Michigan CEO Joins Detroit Today
Jake Neher, WDET Dr. Darienne Driver is the new president and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan. She came to...