U.S. Attorney Talks Charges in DPS Kickback Scheme

Alan Alfaro/Creative Commons This week, 13 Detroit Public Schools administrators and a supplies vendor were charged with bribery in a...

African-American Political Power in Michigan [CHARTS]

In the wake of violence in Newark and Detroit during July 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson charged his Commission on...

Is There a Student Debt Crisis?

Flickr For several years now we've been hearing about a ballooning of student loan debt in America that's crushing young...

Sen. Gary Peters Talks About the Political Culture in Washington D.C.

Photo Courtesy of the Office of Gary Peters Detroit Today Host Stephen Henderson speaks with Michigan senator Gary Peters about...

Why One Journalist Ties Up Personal Loose Ends Very Publically

Flickr WDET’s Laura Herberg has embarked on a project to tie up the loose ends in her life. It’s a...

Skillman CEO: Kids in Detroit Deserve the Best the State has to Offer

DucDigital/Creative Commons Earlier this week Skillman Foundation CEO Tonya Allen came on Detroit Today to discuss controversial legislation working its...

Detroit’s Two Major Newspapers Working Without Union Contract

Flickr For the first time in 20 years, our region’s two big newspapers -- The Detroit News and the Detroit...

Skillman CEO: Michigan Legislators Negotiating Future of DPS are “Worst of the Worst”

Pixabay.com "Right now we have the worst of the worst who are serving as our state legislators.” Yesterday we caught the...

What is the American Dream?

flickr What do you think is the American Dream? Is that dream possible? Does any and everyone have access to making...

What’s the Likelihood of a Contested Convention Happening in 2016?

  Today Arizona and Utah voters go to the polls and caucuses and to pick their nominees for president. One...

Lawmakers Unveil a Plan for DPS

Detroit Public Schools   A new plan to help Detroit Public Schools has emerged in the state Senate. It includes more...

After the Congressional Hearings on Flint Water, What’s Next?

C-SPAN3 This past week the House Oversight Committee questioned Governor Rick Snyder, former Flint Emergency Manager Darnell Earley, and EPA administrator...