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Advocate for Tighter Gun Laws Says Michigan Could Prevent Future Violence

The community of Oxford is still reeling, trying to band together to mourn and support one another, while also dealing with an unimaginable...

Michigan GOP Legislative Leaders Still Sitting on $300 Million for COVID-19 Safety in Schools

Local school districts have done their best to deal with the reality of holding in-person classes amid a deadly pandemic...

How to Knock Down Barriers That Get in the Way of Students of Color and Low-Income Students

Low-income students and students of color disproportionately face educational barriers, which were only exacerbated as the pandemic forced children to adapt...

Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter and Student Activist React to Oxford School Shooting

A 15-year-old sophomore at Oxford High School will be charged as an adult and faces life in prison for killing...

What We Learned From Supreme Court Oral Arguments in Landmark Abortion Case

On Wednesday the Supreme Court heard arguments on the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one of the most...

Stephen Henderson on Oxford School Shooting: We’re Still Not Having the Right Conversations

The following is an essay from WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: We are still learning lots of details about...

Sen. Gary Peters Discusses Build Back Better, Semiconductors and the New Omicron Variant

After passing the House, it’s now up to Senate Democrats to determine the fate of President Joe Biden’s signature social...

Everything We Know and Don’t Know About the Omicron Variant

This week, Michigan hit a dreadful milestone. The state has the highest number of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, even...

Detroiters Share Stories of Comfort and Joy Amid Second Pandemic Year

The past two years have been dominated by bad news and feelings of grief amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the holiday...

‘Long Way To Go’ After Conviction of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers, Say Legal Experts

Last week, a jury handed down 23 guilty verdicts against the three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County,...

Author Eric Dean Wilson Talks Climate Change and “The Terrible Cost of Comfort”

Today, there’s a growing debate about what we need to give up in order to abate the warming planet, and...

Author Mitch Albom’s New Novel Explores What It Means to Ask for Help

Detroit Free Press columnist and author Mitch Albom has sold tens of millions of books since “Tuesdays with Morrie” was...