Ty Cobb: The Man vs. The Myth

As baseball's first celebrity, Ty Cobb's legend grew after his death in 1961. In a rotten direction. A new biography...

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...

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...

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...

Is New Religious Adoption Legislation Discriminatory?

Stephen Henderson talks with Douglas Laycock, Professor of Constitutional Law and Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, about Michigan’s new...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-13-15

This week on RREM (@WDET)... it's our June Eastern Market broadcast in Shed 3 from 2-4 with great guests and...

Proposed Fireworks Curfew: Will It Promote Safety or Exclude Detroit’s Kids?

<Asset 888: size small, side left, caption ''. Error loading preview> Every summer during the annual Detroit Ford Fireworks, the...

Culture City: 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...

This Year’s State Fair to be Bigger than Last Year’s [MAP]

2015 will be the third year that the Michigan State Fair has been held since a private company took it...