DTE Energy carried out more than 200,000 power shut-offs during COVID-19 pandemic
During the past two years, thousands of DTE customers in Southeast Michigan fell behind on their bills and, as a...
Should utilities be owned by the public?
Utilities such as DTE Energy in Michigan and PG&E in California have a lot of -- power -- when it...
Efforts to keep abortion legal in Michigan
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has filed a lawsuit to keep abortion legal in Michigan if Roe v. Wade is overturned...
What a post-Roe Michigan could look like
Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit in the Oakland Circuit Court challenging Michigan’s longstanding abortion ban. That's in...
Free tax assistance available to people who make less than $57,000
The federal income tax deadline is coming up April 18. A handful of organizations are available in Michigan to...
The U.S. Postal Service and how it can be reimagined
President Biden has signed a law intended to give the United States Postal Service better financial footing, in order to...
Peters’ USPS reforms signed into law
A roughly 15-year effort to reform the United State Postal Service is now law. President Joe Biden signed the legislation...
Experts compare Amazon’s first union to 1937 Flint GM strike
Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York came away with one of the biggest organized labor...
Housing insecurity hits Detroit’s minority renters
Detroit used to be ground zero for the idea of homeownership, especially for Black residents. However that has changed over...
Rep. Fred Upton will not seek reelection
A giant of Michigan politics is calling it quits. Rep. Fred Upton has represented the 4th district since 1987....
Clerks plead for help from state leaders
2022 will bring us the biggest elections since 2020. Actual real-life experts agree, that year's election was likely the...
Why lynchings rose after Reconstruction
After more than a century of attempts, lynching is now a federal hate crime in this country. The stark rise...