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What Will Obamacare Premium Hikes Mean For The Election?

Tom Arthur People buying health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace will see big premium hikes in 2017. Obamacare...

A History Of Creepy Clowns: Why Are They So Creepy?

Buttontree Lane, Flickr Creative Commons There’s been this bizarre trend lately of people walking around dressed as creepy clowns trying...

Election Update: Clinton Email Probe And What Trump Means For GOP Down-Ballot

Jake Neher/WDET With just a little more than a week left until the election, it seems there are still plenty of...

Jon Moshier Previews ‘Modern Music’ Halloween Special

Jake Neher/WDET Every year, WDET’s Jon Moshier puts together a spook-tacular Halloween show, with tunes from old Halloween records. This...

Minority Enrollment Shrinking As Vote To Ban Affirmative Action Turns Ten

Jake Neher/WDET We’re approaching the ten-year anniversary of Michigan’s vote to ban affirmative action within publicly funded institutions. Proposal 2...

Cities Are Tired Of Being A Political Football In This Election

Jake Neher/WDET Donald Trump painted a dystopian picture of the city of Detroit in front of the Detroit Economic Club in...

Should Voters Be Allowed To Take “Ballot Selfies”?

Jake Neher/WDET A court has denied a request to investigate Governor Rick Snyder in relation to the Flint Water Crisis, the...

Journalist and Filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas Discusses Immigration and Identity

University YMCA What does it mean to be American? On WDET's Detroit Today, host Stephen Henderson recently spoke with Gold Star...

Undecided Voters: It’s Time To Start Making Up Your Mind

Jake Neher/WDET We’re just two weeks away from the election on November 8th. By now, we pretty much know what we’re...

What Is Truth And Does It Matter In 2016?

Jake Neher/WDET This election has presented new and worrying challenges to those hoping to shed some light on the truth...

Remembering Drew Sharp

Detroit Free Press Over the weekend, sports fans and journalists throughout southeast Michigan mourned the unexpected death of Detroit Free...

Detroit Attorney Who Represented Central Park Five Reflects on Case

Sandra Svoboda Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is running as a so-called “law and order” candidate, promising Americans he will make...