The First Amendment and Hate Groups — Should They Be Free to Rally?
Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb White supremacist groups say they’re intent on holding more rallies and protests around the country. That’s...
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How Do We As a Community Move Forward After Racial Violence and Rhetoric?
Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET and Detroit Today has spent time this summer looking back 50 years in Detroit and talked to one...
How Should We Deal With Monuments to Deeply Flawed Historical Figures?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET This conversation originally aired on Detroit Today on May 11, 2017. Early on Thursday morning, a statue...
Environmental Reporters Talk Great Lakes Issues [MAP]
Detroit Today is taking an environmental tour of the Great Lakes. Joining today's show to talk about issues of concern...
Detroit City Clerk Candidate Garlin Gilchrist II Answers Your Questions
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Detroit's race for city clerk is now down to two candidates. Voters in last week's primary election...
‘She Should Run’ Aims to Attract More Women to Public Office
Jake Neher/WDET The idea that we have representative democracy is beautiful in theory, rather than in reality. Our elected bodies...
Should Virgil Smith Be Allowed to Run For Office, Even If He Agreed Not To?
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to bar former state Sen. Virgil Smith from running...
How We Got To Charlottesville: The History of White Supremacist Groups
Courtesy of Dan Gotlieb Over the weekend we witnessed, as a nation, an emboldened group of white supremacists gather in...
Teens More Depressed and Isolated — Are Smartphones to Blame?
Jake Neher/WDET Smart phones and small, interactive screens have become a part of how we operate in the world in...
Dames of Thrones: the Ladies Rule the Show that Rules Our Lives
HBO It may not be the best show to ever grace the small screen, but Game of Thrones has reached...
New Podcast Explores Being Muslim in America
BuzzFeed/See Something Say Something American Muslims are often the subject of media attention in moments of crisis or political uncertainty....
How Will Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Comment Affect North Korea Escalation
Jake Neher/WDET President Donald Trump this week doubled down on his tough rhetoric toward North Korea. Trump’s “fire and fury” comment...