Ballot initiative aims to protect abortion rights in Michigan
Michigan’s 1931 law banning abortion is on hold due to a judge’s injunction preventing its enforcement. For now, abortions can...
Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allows states to ban abortions
Story updated to include Governor Gretchen Whitmer's statement. After months of speculating the fate of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme...
Major Violators: Investigators find systemic corruption in Detroit’s top drug enforcement unit
This is the first installment of WDET's reporting on the investigation of the Major Violators Unit that occurred between 2019...
No officers charged in corruption probe 6 months after Detroit police end investigation
6:15 p.m. Thursday, May 26 Update: After this story was published at 4 p.m. today, the Detroit Police Department responded...
Westland is ready to “Walk & Roll”
Westland leaders have a plan to make the city a safer place to walk and ride a bike. From 2016...
Upcoming documentary follows the fight against chronic diseases in Detroit
“Alive in Detroit,” directed by filmmaker Shiraz Ahmed, is an upcoming feature-length documentary about the fight against chronic diseases such...
Ashley C. Ford on life with incarcerated dad
What does it do to a person and their family when they lose someone important to them to prison? That’s...
Patrick Lyoya’s death sparks new and old questions about law enforcement
The April 4th police killing of Grand Rapids resident Patrick Lyoya poses questions about law enforcement that are both new...
Bridge Detroit: Police complaints pile up
Detroit's Board of Police Commissioners gets a number of citizen complaints about law enforcement. The Detroit Police Department handles...
Wayne County authorities offering free gun locks to help prevent accidental shootings involving kids
Law enforcement authorities in Wayne County are urging gun owners to lock up their weapons. That’s after several kids in...
Would abolishing police create safety and justice in the world?
The summer of 2020 was marked by protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor. It was then...
“Tracked and Traced” illuminates the ways we are being watched, including by Project Green Light
There was a time when we weren't constantly being watched, when surveillance cameras weren’t outside of so many homes, restaurants,...