Immigration Order Causing Confusion in Metro Detroit Community
The effect of President Trump's executive order on immigration was felt immediately by Dearborn residents, but its long-term effects are...
A nine-month stint with The Associated Press brought Sandra to Detroit...27 years ago. She has a bachelor's in journalism and history from Indiana University, and along the way added two master's degrees, one in library and information science and another in public administration, both from Wayne State University. Sandra has worked for The (Toledo) Blade covering education/children's issues, Detroit’s Metro Times and FEMA, where she deployed to Louisiana to help coordinate/communicate about community rebuilding/planning efforts for/after disasters. Sandra has won awards for broadcast, print, digital and community engagement work from the Michigan Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, State Bar of Michigan, Michigan Press Association and Society of Professional Journalists-Detroit chapter. WSU’s Public Administration program named her Alum of the Year in 2015 for her WDET work covering Detroit's bankruptcy. Sandra teaches adjunct faculty at Wayne State (political science) and UM-Dearborn (graduate public administration program). She volunteers with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit and with Freedom House Detroit. She loves her husband, dog, bicycle, usually in that order. Find her sailing on the Detroit River in her spare time.
City Council: “Detroit is a Welcoming City” [RESOLUTION]
The Detroit City Council passed a resolution today opposing President Trump’s executive order on immigration. It challenges the president’s travel...
Another Lawsuit Naming President Trump
Another Muslim civil rights organization entered the national legal fight today, asking a federal judge in Detroit to overturn President...
Michigan’s Refugees by the Numbers [CHARTS]
More than 25,000 refugees from six of the seven countries named in President Trump's immigration order have arrived in Michigan...
Working to Preserve History in the Trump Era
At his job, Dan Golodner cares for decades of teachers' union records. He sees in that past the future, as partially described...
Going for the Save: Archivists Caution Trump Administration Against Destroying Records, History
Librarians, archivists and other information professionals who spend their lives preserving history and organizing data -- which are essential to fact...
Velodrome Planned for Midtown Park
Kevin Moore/WDET When the Detroit kids pedal their first lap on the planned velodrome perhaps as early as this summer,...
State of the State: What Gov. Snyder Has Said About Michigan Business, the Auto Industry
In Gov. Rick Synder's first State of the State speech in 2011, he made no mention of autos, the auto...
State of the States: Snyder’s Words [CHARTS, INTERVIEW]
As Michigan waits for Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State speech Tuesday evening, WDET wanted to know just what...
Detroit By the Numbers: Dollars for Duggan [CHARTS]
Mike Duggan has not stopped raising campaign cash since he won the 2013 Detroit mayoral election. "I don't know anybody...
Detroit By the Numbers: National Money for Mike Duggan [MAP, CHARTS]
Charles Fiedler lives on the West Coast. But with a law practice that also operates in Michigan, the attorney is...
Detroit By the Numbers: The 2017 Detroit Elections
The lone challenger to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in next year's election now says she’s withdrawing from the race. Devonna...