Remembering Bob Berg, Longtime Detroit Political Spokesperson [Archives]

Detroit lost a powerful and beloved voice in the world of politics and public relations this week. Bob Berg was...

U.S. House Members Push Plan to Stop ICE from Deporting Iraqis

Andy Levin A bipartisan group of U.S. House members, including most of Michigan’s Congressional delegation, wants the Trump Administration to...

Trump Invokes ‘Privilege’ Over the Full Mueller Report

The White House invoked executive privilege Wednesday, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report from special counsel...

The Past, Present, and Future of the Food Economy in Detroit

AnnaMarie Sysling/WDET Detroit has a long history of food insecurity in the city’s black neighborhoods. One year after the 1967...

Tuesday’s Elections Are First Chance to Exercise New Voting Rights Under Prop 3

Jake Neher/WDET It’s Election Day here in Michigan. Yes, you read that right. We don’t talk very often about May...

Flooding Isn’t Just Weather or Climate Problem — It’s an Infrastructure Problem

Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division There’s a good chance that if you were driving around Metro Detroit last week...

Democratic Presidential Hopeful Klobuchar Touts Midwest Ties to Michigan

The path to the White House continues to run through Michigan and other Midwestern states that President Trump won in...

What Are Some Solutions to Our Student Debt Crisis?

Sandy Baruah Student debt and college affordability are twin menaces in the United States, both threatening the promise of upward...

AG Nessel Ready to Shut Down Line 5 If Tunnel Issues Aren’t Resolved

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has not ruled out construction of an underground pipeline carrying oil and natural gas liquids beneath...

MichMash: Dems Have Powerful New Tool In Negotiations at State Capitol

WDET Digital A bill allowing schools to break for the summer without having to make up for snow days missed...

Dead Pig Brains Partially Revived, 3D Printing Hearts — Is Medical Research Going Too Far?

  Twitter Two huge stories recently in the world of medical research. A team from Tel Aviv University created the first...

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....