SAT Adversity Score: Can the College Board Solve the Privilege Problem?
The Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT as it’s commonly called was invented back in 1926 by a eugenicist who created...
Detroit Myth Busters: Researchers Illuminate, Challenge City’s Civil Rights and Post-War History
Jake Neher/WDET Civil rights and the black power movement in Detroit What do you know about Detroit’s civil rights history?...
MichMash: Whitmer Willing to Wield Veto Pen — Will She Break It Out for Vaping Regulations?
WDET Digital Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is wielding the power of the veto pen in Lansing. This week, she exercised a line-item...
What Are Some Solutions to Our Student Debt Crisis?
Sandy Baruah Student debt and college affordability are twin menaces in the United States, both threatening the promise of upward...
MichMash: Dems Have Powerful New Tool In Negotiations at State Capitol
WDET Digital A bill allowing schools to break for the summer without having to make up for snow days missed...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
Three Schools, One Campus: Plymouth-Canton Community Schools Offer a Unique High School Experience
Bre'Anna Tinsley This is not your typical high school. In fact, it’s not one high school – it’s actually three. ...
Grosse Pointe Considers Closing Schools, Dredging Up Old Debates
Gary Niehaus Like many suburbs where populations have been falling over the years, Grosse Pointe is facing an all too...
Sanders Says Path to White House Goes Through Midwest
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is stumping through Midwestern states his campaign says provide the strongest path to winning the...
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller on Growing Up In Metro Detroit, Becoming Broadway Sensation
Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller is a Broadway sensation. Aside from being the producer of several iconic musicals, Seller is also the mind...
Measles Outbreak in Oakland County: Will This Change Attitudes Toward Vaccines?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention As of April 2, there have been 34 confirmed cases of measles in Michigan...
MichMash: Budget Burglary? More Claims of ‘Robbing Peter to Pay Paul’ at State Capitol
WDET Digital State lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are in the thick of budget negotiations. Whitmer’s road funding plan faces...