Are Protesters Motivated to Vote?

Annette Bernhardt/FLICKR The Black Lives Matter movement and others in recent years have brought to the forefront some of the...

Presidential General Election Beginning to Take Shape

marist.edu Tuesday's Presidential primaries saw Marco Rubio losing Florida, forcing him to drop out of the race, while John Kasich hung in...

Pop Quiz: Unpacking Super PACs

    Julia B. Chan works at Reveal, a weekly radio program produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting and...

When Mad Men Meet Dark Money

Money in U.S. politics once was a straightforward thing. In 19th-century America, a politician running for office would pay to...

How Similar are Putin and Trump?

J. Carlisle Larsen Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson speaks with Wayne State University expert on Russian history, Aaron Retish. They...

Can John Kasich Claim His First Primary Victory in His Home State of Ohio?

Flickr Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson speaks with Toledo Blade reporter Ignazio Messina about John Kasich's shot at winning his...

Polls Show Ohio Primary Race Very Close, But Can the Numbers be Trusted?

Polls in Ohio show a very tight race for candidates in both parties seeking the presidential nomination. But the results...

Anger and the American Voter

Chicago "Forget about the election for a moment, there's a broader issue in our political culture in this country, and...

Clashes Cancel Chicago Trump Rally, Candidate Vowed in Michigan to Defend His Supporters in Court

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump postponed a rally in Chicago Friday after fist fights broke out before it began. The...

News Of The Week and Desiree Cooper’s “Know The Mother”

Des Cooper "We're all looking north, like where can we run?"  "I've always, since I was a little girl, wanted...

Michigan’s Primary Results: Predictable and Surprising

Flickr WDET's Laura Weber Davis and Sandra Svoboda are joined by Brandon Dillon the Chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party on Detroit Today, to...

Infrastructure and the Presidency

  Sandra Svoboda The water crisis in Flint has helped focus the presidential campaign on the national issue of aging infrastructure:...