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....
Case Study Canton: Is It Time to Come Up With New Ways to Design Suburbs?
Jerome Vaughn Southeast Michigan is a poster child for sprawl -- a metropolis designed less for people, and more for...
New Regional Fare Passes for Detroit Area Buses Start Today
The Detroit area's two bus systems, Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), are...
Detroit Public TV Debuts ‘Great Lakes Now’ Monthly Show Tuesday
Great Lakes Now/DPTV Detroit Public TV debuts a new monthly show on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The magazine-style program includes feature reports...
From Chem Trails to Cover Ups: Conspiracy Theories Run Rampant
National Archives The outbreak of the measles unfolding around the nation, including right here in southeast Michigan, is fueled by a conspiracy theory....
Rod Rosenstein To Step Down As Deputy Attorney General
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed a special counsel to investigate Russian election interference — a move that enraged...