Why Is Commercial Blight Removal Slowing In Detroit Neighborhoods?
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan often touts his efforts to remove blighted buildings as something that has improved neighborhoods...
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How Could a Healthcare Overhaul Affect Michigan Insurance Companies?
Henry Ford Health System The possible repercussions of the U.S. Senate’s plan to overhaul the federal health care law are...
Detroit Mayoral Candidate Coleman Young II: ‘We Need Leadership’ [VIDEO]
Jake Neher/WDET There is a familiar name running for mayor against Mike Duggan in Detroit, Coleman Young II. The son...
Don Was Talks Music of 1967 and Songs of Rebellion
Laura Weber Davis/WDET As we near the 50th anniversary of the uprising in Detroit in the summer of 1967, we’re...
Former GOP Lawmaker on Donald Trump Jr.’s Emails: “Wouldn’t I Do the Same Thing?”
Michigan House of Representatives This week has brought its fair share of bombshells related to the Trump campaign's relationship with...
Are Tax Breaks for Big Businesses Worth the Jobs They’re Supposed to Create?
Jake Neher/WDET State lawmakers are sending $200 million in new tax incentives to Gov. Rick Snyder’s desk. Those incentives are meant...
The Legacy of the White Panther Party
Jake Neher/WDET Revolution. Any number of groups in the late 1960s dreamed of it, a radical reconstruction of society forged in...
Opioid Crisis vs. the War on Drugs: A Double Standard?
Yeshua University & Stanford University Opioid addiction and related deaths disproportionately affect both poor, rural white communities and middle class,...
What’s The Political Fallout From Donald Trump Jr.’s Emails?
National Park Service On Tuesday, the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted out a series of emails ahead of a New...
Freep Reporters Find System Protects Bad Cops in Michigan
Laura Weber Davis/WDET When we see violence involving police, we long for justice. When police are targeted at the receiving...
Are We Desensitized to Viral Violence?
Hillary Crawford/WDET There's a familiar cycle emerging when it comes to violent encounters between police and civilians: a hastily shot...
‘Riot,’ ‘Rebellion,’ or Something Else? How Words Affect Our Perceptions of History
Laura Weber Davis/WDET How does the language we use to describe events, historical and current, craft how we feel about...