Sam Corey is a producer for 101.9 WDET, which includes finding and preparing interesting stories for the daily news program, Detroit Today. Sam joined WDET after a year and a half at The Union, a small newspaper in California, and stints at a variety of local Michigan outlets, including WUOM and the Metro Times. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he studied political science, psychology and history.

Exploring Tyre Nichols’ death and how racism shows up in police work

Recently released body camera footage revealed Tyre Nichols, a Black man, being restrained and beaten by Black male police officers...

Why the effects of incarceration last long after leaving prison

Correction facilities in the U.S. are intended to rehabilitate citizens. But we know from surveys, direct reports and recidivism rates...

What ChatGPT is, and why it has some Michigan school staff concerned 

ChatGPT (short for Generative Pre-training Transformer) is an increasingly popular chatbot that delivers a written, formulated response based on a prompt...

Newly-elected Michigan school board president Pamela Pugh wants to close education gaps for students

Democrat Pamela Pugh was elected as president of the Michigan school board earlier this week. The public health expert and...

New report highlights pandemic exaggerated inequalities in state education

Education Trust-Midwest, an education research and advocacy organization, reports that Michigan school districts with high concentrations of students from low-income...

Does our criminal justice system allow for true redemption?

Recently, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein came under fire after he criticized his colleague, Justice Kyra Harris Bolden, for...

Kevin McCarthy is finally the House speaker, but at what costs?

It took over half a week, but after 15 rounds of voting, the 118th Congress officially began with a new...

Stabenow’s surprise retirement changes everything about 2024 US Senate race

On Thursday, Michigan Democratic U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow decided not to run for reelection in 2024. Stabenow was the first...

One advocate’s journey to improve Detroit public schools

Detroit schools have changed a lot in the past few decades. Most notably, the student population has been declining for...

Two Farmington Hills ventures attempt to create more diverse workspaces

Many people consider Livernois, the "Avenue of Fashion," when they think of prominent Black-owned businesses in southeast Michigan. Many other...

GOP ’23: What a longtime Michigan conservative writer thinks of the GOP

On Detroit Today, we’ve been exploring what conservatism is and what policies Republicans want to enact. This has been part...

Why working class boys and men are struggling

Men in America and around the world have created our institutions and systems of government. They have mostly built the...