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Detroit Regional Chamber “Our inner cities are a disaster,” President Donald Trump said last year in a campaign debate. “You...
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How Should Leaders React to Tragedy?
NPR Last night a bomb went off in Manchester, England, in the latest terrorist attack on the western world. This...
How Do Toys Affect A Child’s Self-Image, View of Society?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Recently, a two-year old girl in South Carolina went into a Target to pick out a doll. When she...
Detroit Mom Set to Be Deported This Week, Leaving Behind Baby & Sick Husband
Jake Neher/WDET UPDATE: Bridge Magazine was at the airport with Juarez when she left the United States. Click here to...
Former CNN Chairman & CEO Walter Isaacson on Roger Ailes’ Passing, Economic Disruption
Patrice Gilbert Walter Isaacson has had a long and hugely successful career in broadcast news. He was the managing editor...
Stephen Henderson Debates The Week’s News with Former Engler Spokesperson John Truscott
Jake Neher/WDET This week has had its fair share of breaking news surrounding President Trump, former FBI Director James Comey, and more....
How Personal Data and Algorithms Send People to Prison
Jake Neher/WDET How much control do we give data and algorithms over our lives? Should they be able to determine...
Is QLINE a Boon or Boondoggle for Detroit?
Rebecca Hanna/WDET Detroit's new QLINE streetcar system has been up and running for about a week. That's after about a decade...
Are Trump, Nixon Comparisons Fair or Useful?
Jake Neher/WDET Every day this week seems to bring a new scandal out of the White House. On Monday, it...
On The Media’s Brooke Gladstone on Press in Trump Era, “The Trouble With Reality”
David Waitz What is reality? And how is media supposed to shed light on truth, especially in an era where emotion...
Right to Life of Michigan on the Future of Planned Parenthood, Roe v. Wade
Cheyna Roth/MPRN This week on Detroit Today, Stephen Henderson spoke with experts about the legal ramifications of defunding Planned Parenthood, as well as...
Rep. Debbie Dingell: Republicans Need to Speak Up On Trump, Russia
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Just a week after President Donald Trump's firing of former FBI director James Comey, yet another controversy is...