Detroiters Work to Document Education Meetings

A Chicago-based civic media organization has been working over the last few months to have Detroiters document important meetings in...

Republican Nominee for Governor Bill Schuette Joins Detroit Today

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Michigan voters will soon decide who will be the next governor of Michigan. Stephen Henderson speaks with the Republican...

Race for Congress in Michigan’s 11th Tests Millennial Candidates, Trust in Trump

When Republican Congressman Dave Trott announced last year that he was retiring from the U.S. House it left more than just...

Playwright And MacArthur Award Winner Dominique Morisseau Returns Home To Detroit For “Pipeline”

Dominique Morisseau is a world-renowned playwright who was just awarded a MacArthur Genius award. She’s also a native of Detroit...

Providing Teachers With the Tools to Discuss #METOO

The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project develops resources for teachers and others who work with children to discuss...

Making Detroit the “Best Place to Raise a Family in One Generation”

The Detroit Children’s Fund is investing in a plan to overhaul education in the city. Executive Director Jack Elsey says...

Detroit Public Schools Unveils Plan to Clean Up Drinking Water

Alex McLenon A long-term plan to clean up the drinking water at Detroit's public schools is now in place.  This...

Catholic College in Detroit is Offering Classes to an All-Muslim Group

WDET/Laura Herberg Steve Mustapha Elturk is getting his Master of Arts in Social Justice at Marygrove College, a small Catholic...

Detroit Students Mobility Creates Challenges for Their Education

Wikipedia Bridge Magazine, ChalkBeat and Outlier Media partnered to find out how often kids in Detroit change schools, and why...

Detroit Offers Plan to Filter Tainted Public School Water

Members of Detroit’s Board of Education say they want more specifics before deciding whether to approve a plan to address...

Lawsuit Claims Nassar Raped Student in 1992, MSU Covered It Up

Michigan State University There’s a new lawsuit in the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal, this time ensnaring a big name at...

Detroit Today Hosts Robust Conversation on Housing Insecurity in Final Book Club Event

Detroit Today is concluding its summer community read of Matthew Desmond's book "Evicted", a Pulitzer Prize winning look at poverty and housing insecurity....