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How Can Kids and Schools Deal With Post-Election Turbulence?

Jake Neher/WDET A viral video recently spread across the internet showing middle school students chanting “build that wall” - a...

Detroit Photographer Chronicles Standing Rock Standoff

Cybelle Codish Over the weekend there was another flare-up between protesters and police near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North...

What Becomes of the Clintons and Their Legacy?

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas and president of the United States. Hillary Clinton was First Lady, a...

Former Michigan GOP Chair Calls For Electoral College Reform

  Saul Anuzis Hillary Clinton will lose the presidential election despite winning the national popular vote by more than a...

What Does Dakota Access Pipeline Tell Us About Broader Issues Facing Indigenous Communities?

United Church of Christ, Flickr Lost in much of media coverage of the presidential campaign this year has been a...

The Successes And Failings Of The Modern Justice System

Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET and our Detroit Journalism Cooperative partners are looking back to look forward. Nearly 50 years after this...

Is America The Greatest Country in the World?

Jake Neher/WDET Is America the greatest country in the world? What does it mean to be patriotic? Every four years...

Media’s Role In The Election And During Trump’s Presidency

"This election may have been good for the profits of conglomerates that own TV networks, including cable news networks," says...

Rep. Sam Singh Looks To Lead Democrats In GOP-Dominated Lansing

housedems.com Last week’s election didn’t just decide who will lead the country in the coming years. It also solidified Republican control over...

Rep. Debbie Dingell: “I Said Donald Trump Could Win MI And They Called Me Crazy”

WDET Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-Dearborn) says she doesn't want to be right -- but she was. Dingell had been telling...

Are Students Missing Out on Literary Classics with Common Core?

Amanda Kuhn Love them or hate them, there’s at least one thing about the new Common Core State Standards that is...

How Are Communities of Color Reacting To Trump’s Election?

Jake Neher/WDET On Wednesday, many communities of color woke up to a future in America that was uncertain. Would a...