Is Racial Hatred More or Less Empowered One Year After Charlottesville?
Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb This week marks one year since white nationalists, white supremacists, and Nazis marched in the streets of Charlottesville,...
‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’–The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids
WDET This Wednesday, the Detroit Today team is having another in-community book club meeting for their summer reading of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer...
Oakland Exec Prefers ‘Joining the Klan’ to Helping CEO’s Drive Investment to Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET The head of Oakland County’s government says he would rather be part of the Ku Klux Klan than...
Rashida Tlaib After Victory: ‘People Saw That I Was Real’
Jake Neher/WDET Rashida Tlaib will soon likely become the first Muslim woman ever to serve in Congress. For over fifty...
New United Way of Southeastern Michigan CEO Joins Detroit Today
Jake Neher, WDET Dr. Darienne Driver is the new president and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan. She came to...
NYT Columnist: President Trump Has A Pattern of Attacking Black Athletes [VIDEO]
It’s hard to keep up these days with the list of people President Trump chooses to attack via Twitter. But...
Race to Replace Conyers Comes Down to the Wire
Experts believed the race for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, which includes portions of Detroit and the western edge of Wayne County,...
NABJ In Detroit: Celebrating Black Journalists And Newsroom Diversity
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET This week the National Association of Black Journalists hosts its annual conference, and this year it’s in Detroit....
Trump Endorses John James To Run Against U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
Black Republicans—like Trump-endorsed Michigan Senate Primary candidate John James—are rare in America’s political structure. A 2018 poll from The Associated...
Comedian Chillian Thomas Talks Growing Up Black In A White Trailer Park
Gus Navarro This summer the Detroit Today community has been reading Matthew Desmond’s Evicted which takes a deeper look at...
Can The NFL Sustain Boycotts From All Sides?
Will this NFL season continue to be marred by controversies and declining viewership as we’ve seen over the last couple of...
Was Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing The Right Decision? A Look Back Five Years Later With A Member Of The EM Team
Jake Neher/WDET This week marks the fifth anniversary of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing. We’ve talked a lot about the bankruptcy...
