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A Festivus Miracle! Detroit Today Holds 2016 Airing Of Grievances

Jake Neher/WDET Festivus 2016 is upon us. It’s the holiday Frank Costanza made up to replace all the negative aspects of...

Gov. Rick Snyder Says Flint Investigation Will Not Lead To His Resignation

Jake Neher/WDET There's been a flood of news coming out of Michigan throughout the fall, and it's spilling into the...

Why Do We Have An Electoral College?

U.S. Gov This week the electoral college officially elected businessman Donald Trump as the next president of the United States....

Rep. Debbie Dingell Preparing For Political Fights In 2017

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The year 2016 was a long one in the political sphere. A seemingly never-ending presidential campaign delivered...

Did Michigan Electors Do The Right Thing Casting All Votes For Trump?

Cheyna Roth/MPRN There were protests yesterday at the state Capitol as Michigan’s electors cast their votes for president. Demonstrators urged...

WBEZ Podcast “Making Oprah” Reveals the Beginning of a Media Master

Flickr Creative Commons, aphrodite-in-ny There's a new podcast miniseries from WBEZ that focuses on the evolution of media magnate Oprah...

Is Trump’s Plan For “Urban Renewal” Bad News For Cities?

Jake Neher/WDET In October, then-candidate Donald Trump laid out his plans for “urban renewal” and the rebuilding of our inner...

What’s On The Agenda For Detroit’s City Council in 2017?

Jake Neher/WDET With a new year brings new issues for public officials to deal with here in Detroit. In 2017,...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters Talks Trump Transition, Russia, and Flint

Laura Weber Davis, WDET U.S. Senator Gary Peters joins Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson to talk about the year in...

How A Detroit Blind Pig Became The Center Of A Social Uprising in 1967

Photo courtesy of Bill McGraw. In 1967, an uprising in the city of Detroit -- that some classify as a...

The Intersection: Housing Conditions and Segregation [MAPS]

In 1970s metro Detroit, hundreds of suburban neighborhoods had no African-American residents. Now, just a handful of Census tracts in...

Cincinnati’s Streetcar Has Issues… A Bad Sign For QLine?

Bill Shea For the first time in 60 years, you might see a streetcar moving along the streets of Detroit....