Stephen Henderson on Oxford School Shooting: We’re Still Not Having the Right Conversations
The following is an essay from WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: We are still learning lots of details about...
Sen. Gary Peters Discusses Build Back Better, Semiconductors and the New Omicron Variant
After passing the House, it’s now up to Senate Democrats to determine the fate of President Joe Biden’s signature social...
Everything We Know and Don’t Know About the Omicron Variant
This week, Michigan hit a dreadful milestone. The state has the highest number of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, even...
‘Long Way To Go’ After Conviction of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers, Say Legal Experts
Last week, a jury handed down 23 guilty verdicts against the three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County,...
What You Need to Know About Gathering on Thanksgiving as COVID-19 Surges
The latest numbers from the CDC report that Michigan is leading the country in new COVID-19 cases. Despite the protections...
Experts Unpack the Kyle Rittenhouse Not Guilty Verdicts
More than a year after the killing of two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin who were protesting racial injustice and police...
Michigan’s Latest COVID-19 ‘Surge’ Is Different, El-Sayed Says: ‘It’s Not 2020 Anymore’
Michigan now leads the country in the emergence of new COVID-19 cases, which has many concerned as Michiganders begin to gather...
How Detroit’s ‘Fake Landlord’ Scam Is Forcing People Out of Their Homes
If you’re like the vast majority of Americans, you’ve worked pretty hard to pay for and maintain your home. According to...
Mental Health Professionals, Not Police, Should Respond to Crises, Say Michigan Advocates
When someone is having a behavioral health crisis, the standard response is to send a police officer. However, introducing law...
Michigan’s Problem-Solving Courts for Mental Illness, Veterans and Addiction Get Infusion of Resources
Problem-solving courts, or courts that provide alternatives to imprisonment for nonviolent offenders, accommodate those in the criminal justice system with mental health...
New Michigan Policy Aims to Defend the Rights of Incarcerated Mothers
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration recently expanded maternal and postpartum health care for incarcerated mothers through a new policy directive with...
Michigan GOP Rep. Upton on Guard after Receiving Death Threats over Vote for Infrastructure Bill
(Editor's note: This web story contains strong language.) Only 13 Republicans joined a majority of Democrats in the U.S. House...