2020 Presidential Hullabaloo Eclipsing Upcoming Local Elections in Michigan
WDET Digital Democratic candidates for president in 2020 descended on Michigan for the second round of debates in Detroit this...
Metro Detroit Remembers L. Brooks Patterson, Colorful and Controversial Oakland County Executive, Dead at 80
The Unexpected Goodbye Patterson broke the news about his condition a hastily-called press conference in March. The brash Patterson...
Biden and Harris, Bruised During Debate, take Campaigns to Detroit Streets
Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, among the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination in many...
Detroit Political Junkies Recap and React to This Week’s Presidential Debates
Jake Neher/WDET The second Democratic presidential debate has come and gone. There was talk of important policy changes, there was...
Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Talks About Detroit Debates, Climate and Campaign
While the second round of debates have concluded here in Detroit, we’re all still talking about them. One of the...
As Presidential Candidates Debate Reparations, New Book Looks at Race and Reconstruction
The period following the Civil War, began with hopes of uniting a divided country. Reconstruction set out to finally convey...
Want to Fix American Healthcare? Here’s How They Do it in Denmark
Jake Neher/WDET Healthcare is one of the biggest issues Democratic presidential candidates will undoubtedly be asked about during this week's debates....
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock on Presidential Bid, First Debate Appearance in Detroit
Before the next round of Democratic candidate debates kick off tonight in Detroit at the Fox Theatre, Detroit Today host Stephen...
Cory Booker Ahead of Detroit Debates: “Next Leader of This Country Must Be One Who Can Heal”
senate.gov As we get closer to the second round of Democratic debates — which will take place right here in...
NAACP Plots Plan of Attack to Defeat ‘Racist’ Trump
It's a morning session at the NAACP Convention, and a series of speakers are pushing unity. And though this group...
NAACP Chief Derrick Johnson on Detroit Conference, 2020 and the Political Climate
The 110th annual NAACP convention opened in Detroit this past Saturday. The organization last held its national convention here in...
Here are Michigan Voters’ Rights Guaranteed by Prop 3 Last Year
The ACLU of Michigan has been hosting a three-part online training series this month that is wrapping up tomorrow. The...
