Where’s the PFAS? Michigan Leads in Detection of Contaminant [MAP]
Environmentalists, health experts and public officials are growing more concerned about a group of chemicals found in dozens of sites across...
U.S. House Members Push Plan to Stop ICE from Deporting Iraqis
Andy Levin A bipartisan group of U.S. House members, including most of Michigan’s Congressional delegation, wants the Trump Administration to...
Democratic Presidential Hopeful Klobuchar Touts Midwest Ties to Michigan
The path to the White House continues to run through Michigan and other Midwestern states that President Trump won in...
AG Nessel Ready to Shut Down Line 5 If Tunnel Issues Aren’t Resolved
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has not ruled out construction of an underground pipeline carrying oil and natural gas liquids beneath...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
Rick Speck Spent 18 Years in Prison — Now He’s Working to Cut Incarceration in Half
Jake Neher/WDET The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) turns 100 next year. To celebrate, the organization is on a nationwide tour that...
Detroit Native dream hampton Named to TIME’s 100 Most Influential People
dream hampton Over the course of three nights in January, the Lifetime channel aired the chilling docu-series Surviving R. Kelly....
Canton Roads: Where Does the Money Go?
Roads are a regular topic of conversation in Canton Township. Potholes are one problem. Traffic congestion is another. In 2018, township...
Sanders Says Path to White House Goes Through Midwest
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is stumping through Midwestern states his campaign says provide the strongest path to winning the...
Parkland Parent Jeff Kasky Talks About Day Gunman Opened Fire in Sons’ School
JeffKasky/twitter Jeff Kasky’s two sons were inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman started killing students and staff...
Canton Tries to Cure Crash-Filled Crossroads
Like many in Michigan, residents in Canton Township say they have no bigger concern than the state of the roadways....
“Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win” Looks at Rise, Fall of Brutal Detroit STRESS Police Unit
Jake Neher/WDET Just a few years removed from the 1967 Rebellion, a new police unit appeared on the streets of...
