Detroit News’ Chad Livengood Gives Us the Lay of the Land From RNC 2016
Courtesy of the Detroit News We can stop calling Donald Trump the GOP’s “presumptive" nominee. The Republican National Convention (RNC) made...
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Breaking Down Melania Trump’s Speech and Other First Day RNC Highlights
"If a student had done that... that student would be facing a very unpleasant conversation with his or her professor...
Michigan AG Bill Schuette Breaks Down His RNC Address
WDET Yesterday at the opening of the Republican National Convention, Michigan’s Attorney General Bill Schuette spoke before convention-goers from all...
A Look Back at Conventions of Yesteryear
GOP Convention, Flickr The Dump Trump campaign is over as organizers failed to gain significant momentum at the Republican Convention. It...
Looking at the History of the Republican Party with WSU’s Marc Kruman
Jake Neher/WDET For many people the Republican Party is the party of Lincoln and Reagan. But how similar are those...
GOP Convention Not Feeling So Festive This Year
Mallory Benedict, PBS NewsHour/Flickr For the next two weeks, Detroit Today will be focusing on the national party conventions. This week,...
Summer Vacation: Under the Radar Michigan Guys Talk Beer, Fishing, and Selfies
Stephen Henderson/WDET If you tune into public television in Michigan, you know the program “Under the Radar: Michigan,” which takes viewers...
Canadian Children’s Music Performer Fred Penner Reflects on Long Career
Fred Penner This weekend, Detroit’s annual gathering of world music comes to Midtown. Acts from Detroit’s diverse landscape of artists, as...
New Novel Retells Wild Life of Bluesman Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Singer Screamin’ Jay Hawkins may have had only one major, lasting hit, “I Put a Spell On...
Some Michigan Republicans Hope to Dump Trump At Next Week’s Convention
Jake Neher/WDET Republicans are getting ready to head down to Cleveland for their national convention. The GOP is expected to...
TechTown’s Ned Staebler Talks Economic Development and Policing in Detroit
Laura Weber Davis, WDET What is the obligation of average white citizens to further a conversation about race in Detroit...
Don Was Talks Concert of Colors and 10 Greatest Songs in Detroit History
Laura Weber Davis, WDET The 24th annual Concert of Colors kicks off tonight at the Arab-American Museum. The event runs until...