Ben Carson’s Furniture Spree and What It Means for People Desperate for Help
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Poor and homeless Americans face a significant cut to programs that help them with housing and...
Government Food Boxes? It’s Nothing New for Native Americans
KNBA When we think of food assistance, we usually think of food stamps, which now come in the form of the Supplemental...
Farai Chideya: 50 Years After Kerner Commission, Are Media Still Failing to Tell Minority Stories?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Fifty years ago this month, a commission appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a report that...
Why Are Lawmakers Moving to Make English Michigan’s Official Language?
Jake Neher/WDET A bill to make English the official language of Michigan is moving through the state Legislature. The House...
Youth Activism: What Role Can Kids Play In Political and Societal Change?
Sascha Raiyn These last twenty years, we as a country have watched in horror as children are slain in their own...
MLK Historian Talks King Legacy Beyond Civil Rights
Clayborne Carson/Stanford University April 4th this year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior....
DACA Deadline Approaching Quickly–How Are Detroit Immigrants Reacting?
Jake Neher/WDET In just under two weeks, the DACA program -- which protects children of immigrants who arrived in America...
New Book Explores First African Americans to Escape Slavery, Become Millionaires
Shomari Walls/Harper Collins One in seven white families in the United States are now millionaires. For black families, it's one...
The Cultural Significance of Black Panther
Courtesy of Candice Fortman Black Panther, the latest in the Marvel superhero universe finally hit movie theaters this week. The...
Redlining Laws Aren’t Making Much Of A Difference in Detroit
Detroit Journalism Cooperative In the coming week, the investigative journalism program Reveal, from the Center for Investigative Research and PRX, will...
‘I Was Witnessing History’–Warren Evans on Family’s Deep Roots in Detroit’s Black History
Jake Neher/WDET It’s hard to frame the significant histories of black people in Detroit in a single month. From the...
The Obama Portraits and the History of African American Portraiture
National Portrait Gallery The National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. unveiled the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama this...