Wayne State Transitions to Smoke and Tobacco Free Campus

<Asset 1271: size small, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> Wayne State University will remove all ashtrays and smoking...

NABJ 2018 Convention to be Held in Detroit

<Asset 1229: size small, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> The National Association of Black Journalists has voted unanimously...

Community Asks for Autopsy Report in Kellom Case

  Community members and the family of Terrance Kellom are rallying tomorrow night asking for transparency in the investigation of the...

How Does Oakland County Stack Up Among Nation’s Wealthiest Counties? [Infographic]

Here you can see how Oakland County rivals other U.S. counties in three common measures of households’ relative wealth: median...

How Does Poverty Lower Life Expectancy?

Stephen Henderson meets with Arline Geronimus, research professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research and professor at the School...

How Do Michigan’s Counties Compare in Wealth? [Map]

This interactive map allows you compare and contrast measurements of wealth between Michigan counties. Here you can look at a...

Detroit City Council Rejects Proposal to Expand City Curfew for Minors

Detroit City Council members rejected a measure today to impose a curfew on minors during the upcoming River Days Festival downtown....

Eastern Michigan University Approves 7.8% Tuition Hike

  The Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents have unanimously approved a 7.8 percent tuition hike. The increase exceeds a...

First-Of-Its-Kind Elder Abuse Shelter Opens in Metro Detroit

A one of a kind shelter opens in Metro Detroit today. The Jewish Senior Life organization announced Monday, during “Worldwide Elder...

Michigan’s Heroin Epidemic

Every day somewhere across Michigan at least one person overdoses on heroin.  The number of non-fatal hospitalizations due to overdoses...

Parents Petition to Keep Guns Out of Schools

There’s a gun battle brewing in Ann Arbor with the courts and state legislature involved.  The controversy started (a few...

Outside Perspective From NPR’s Michel Martin

Ali Lapetina for NPR News Travis Wright is joined by NPR's Michel Martin in this reprise broadcast of NPR Presents Michel...