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....
Remembering the Life and Legacy of Judge Damon Keith
Detroit Public TV A civil rights giant and legal icon passed away early Sunday morning. Judge Damon Keith was 96....
Why We Mourn Sacred Buildings
Jake Neher/WDET There was an outpouring of grief on social media last week as the Notre Dame Cathedral burned in...
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....
Can We Have a Productive, Civil Conversation About Reparations in 2019?
Library of Congress One of the big surprises of the early 2020 presidential campaign is the role that reparations has...
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...
Damon Young’s Book “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker” Challenges Perceptions of Race
Damon Young/Twitter It’s clear when you read his writing on VerySmartBrothas.com -- Damon Young is one of the sharpest, funniest and...
“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...
The Inequality of Air Pollution: Who Creates It and Who Breathes It In?
Jake Neher/WDET Last week’s news that the Detroit incinerator would close was cheered by environmental activists who had worked for...
Is Trump’s Goal to Eliminate HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ten Years Possible?
Jennifer Kates In his State of the Union Address, President Trump declared he would lead his administration to eliminate the...
Meet the Couple Reunited in Michigan After Two Years of Separation Under Travel Ban
Gus Navarro/WDET We’ve heard a lot in the past year about how the Trump administration’s immigration policies affect families. A recent piece...
