GOP Candidate for Governor Patrick Colbeck Discusses Anti-Muslim Remarks
Jake Neher/WDET Patrick Colbeck is a two-term Republican state senator from western Wayne County who is also running for governor...
Detroiter Michael Eric Dyson Discusses ‘Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America’
Midwest Literary Walk Detroiter Michael Eric Dyson is a professor and author whose assessments of America’s original sins and our...
Metro Detroit Continues Upward Residential Building Trend
Southeast Michigan continues to bounce-back from the recession of 2009. A report released Thursday says new residential building permits...
Illustrator for ‘The Black Panther’ Newspaper Talks Power of Art to Create Change
Courtesy of Emory Douglas Art and social upheaval have walked hand in hand throughout our history. Groups setting out to...
Earth Day! Time to Safely Offload All Those Old Electronics
As Earth Day approaches, operators of a Southfield-based non-profit want to collect as much e-waste as possible. JVS is...
Local Physician and Native of Douma, Syria, Talks About Life Before, During, and After the City Was Besieged
Google Maps We recently discussed the latest chemical attacks in Douma, Syria, on Detroit Today, and we heard from a...
10+ Years of Alternative Sentencing Called a Success by Courts
A series of Michigan court programs is reaching a milestone. They’re designed to help some non-violent mental health patients,...
Former Juvenile Lifer From Detroit Discusses the Horrors of 43 Years in Prison
Jake Neher/WDET For decades in America, there has been a debate about the extent to which the law should punish young...
Report Finds Kids of Color in Michigan still Fighting Poverty
A new report finds that fewer African American children in Michigan are living under the poverty line. But the state’s...
Women Could Dominate Michigan Democratic Ticket in November
Cheyna Roth/MPRN Michigan Democrats now have a better sense of who will be representing their party on the 2018 statewide...
Group of Black MSU Players Helped Desegregate College Football in 1960s
Through the Banks of the Red Cedar Now in its fifth year, the Freep Film Festival is underway. This year, 75...
Former Judge Who Brought MLK to Detroit Dies
Tony Spina/Detroit Free Press Controversial former Judge James Del Rio served in the Michigan state house in the 1960’s...
