How Public Health Shifted Away From the Public — and Why It Might Be Shifting Back
These days, public health crises are common. The Flint water crisis made global news, highlighting how attempts to cut costs...
MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winner Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Discusses Disparities That Persist in American Life
Some awards you can’t apply for -- you can’t even find them. Instead, they find you. So it goes with one...
Metro Detroit Journalist Danny Fenster Says Work to Free Political Prisoners Isn’t Over
Metro Detroit journalist Danny Fenster, who is back in the U.S. after nearly six months in a Myanmar prison, says he is just...
Infrastructure Package Could Be Big Boost for Michigan, But Major Challenges Remain
President Joe Biden has signed his $1.2 trillion federal infrastructure package into law, meaning that money will soon come down...
Michigan’s Fourth Pandemic Surge Burns Slow, But Still Burns Out Hospital Workers
Hospitals across Michigan said last week that they have been overwhelmed by the state’s fourth COVID-19 surge -- but to people...
Black Detroiters Weigh in on What They Hope a Reparations Task Force Will Endorse
Reparations is the idea of making amends for a wrong. The concept is usually tied to slavery or other unfair...
President Biden to Visit Michigan for Grand Opening of Detroit-Hamtramck EV Factory
President Biden tries to get his legislative agenda in gear this week when he travels to an electric vehicle plant...
Now-Signed Infrastructure Bill Commits $7.5 Billion to EV Charging Network
President Joe Biden has signed a trillion-dollar infrastructure spending bill into law. It includes $7.5 billion to build out an...
Reps. Dingell and Kildee Explain What Infrastructure Package Will Mean for Michigan
President Joe Biden is expected to sign his historic $1.2 trillion infrastructure package on Monday. Michigan will get at least $10 billion from...
Danny Fenster Is Freed From Myanmar Jail
Courtesy of The Richardson Center Danny Fenster is free. Bill Richardson, the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, says...
Pope Francis Center Relocates to TCF Center to Meet Growing Need
The Pope Francis Center in Detroit has been serving the city’s unhoused population for 30 years. It all began when...
Whitmer Vetoes Bill to Forgive COVID-19 Workplace Fines
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a bill Friday to forgive some penalties imposed on businesses for violating COVID-19 orders. The governor said...
