The Intersection Between the FBI and American Politics
Jake Neher/WDET The president of the United States appears to be at war with the very agencies that are designed...
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Is It Time to Change the Way Michigan Selects University Boards?
Cheyna Roth/MPRN Michigan’s three largest universities are governed by elected boards. Trustees at Michigan State University, regents at the University of...
How Worried Should We Be About the Dow Dip?
Library of Congress On Monday, the Dow Jones stock market index fell a record 1100 points. It was more than...
Cape Town Water Crisis and What Shortages Could Mean for the Great Lakes
National Geographic What is going to happen when people all over the world start running out of fresh water? How...
Monroe Community College President Busts Myths About Africa
Jake Neher/WDET Africa is often spoken about in monolithic platitudes, as if it’s a single country rather than a huge...
Detroit Jazz Icon Wendell Harrison Named 2018 Kresge Eminent Artist
Gus Navarro/WDET Longtime Detroit jazz musician Wendell Harrison is part of a small community of artists who truly shaped what...
WDIV’s Devin Scillian Talks Trip to South Korea Ahead of Winter Olympics
Devin Scillian/WDIV The Winter Olympic Games kick off next Friday from Pyeongchang, South Korea. As with every four years, we...
U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith Joins Detroit Today
Joan Isabella/WDET Last year, Tracy K. Smith was named the United States Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. In an...
Is John Engler the Right Man for the Job at MSU?
Cheyna Roth/MPRN On Wednesday, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees unanimously named former Michigan Governor John Engler the interim...
MDOT Director: Michigan Roads Bad Right Now and About to Get Worse
Cheyna Roth/MPRN If you think pothole season is particularly bad this year -- you're not alone. As Michiganders, we reserve the...
State of the Union Reflects ‘Hyper-Partisan Atmosphere in Washington’
Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address was predictably a show of bravado, fallacy, bipartisanship, and partisanship all at...
What Is The Trump Administration Doing to the Environment
Jake Neher/WDET Last night President Donald Trump touted his rapid-pace deregulation schedule within the many departments of government. Perhaps at...