Pension Cuts Become Reality For Detroit City Workers
This week Detroit city retirees begin to see reductions in pension benefits -- cuts enacted as part of Detroit’s exit from bankruptcy....
State Seeks to Replace Retiring Superintendent
Michigan has selected six finalists to fill the position of State Superintendent of the state’s schools. Current Superintendent Mike...
21st Century Policing
President Obama’s task force on 21st Century Policing has announced its recommendations. How can Michigan succeed in strengthening relationships between...
Can Detroit’s Economic Growth Include Everyone?
Host Bankole Thompson discusses crafting an inclusive economic environment with Rodrick Miller, the CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC)....
Lawmakers Revise the Impaired Driving Law
Michigan lawmakers are making changes to a bill regarding impaired driving that passed last year. Saint Clair County Representative Dan...
Taylor City Council Rejects Early Retirement for Laid-off Firefighters
Heather Paul / CC The Taylor City Council has rejected an early retirement request for ten firefighters who were laid...
Flint’s Water Advisory Committee Solicits Feedback at First Public Meeting Thursday
Flint’s Water Advisory Committee is holding its first meeting on Thursday. The committee was formed by Mayor Dayne Walling and...
Suh Set To Test Free Agency?
Mike Morbeck / CC The Detroit Lions are allowing the team’s top defensive player to test the open market in...
February Freeze Ranks Among Detroit’s Coldest Months Ever
This was a very stable weather pattern. We saw it last winter, and unfortunately, we saw it in the...
How To Handle Our Racist Perceptions: Personal Decisions Are Cornerstone Of Racism, Classism
Part 1 “People are often confused about why they or others have racist thoughts”. According to Sharon E. Davis that’s...
Detroit Youth Poets Perform MLK Remembrance Poem
WDET Every year teen poets from the InsideOut Literary Arts Project write and perform a poem about race, society and civil rights,...
#ISNAstories: Understanding the Line Between Faith and Culture in the U.S.
Last month over 15,000 people attended the 51st Annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Convention in Detroit’s Cobo Center. The...
