Detroit Today Hosts Robust Conversation on Housing Insecurity in Final Book Club Event

In 2018, Detroit Today hosted a summer community read of Matthew Desmond's book "Evicted", a Pulitzer Prize winning look at poverty and...

Canadians Face Travel Ban for Talking With U.S. Pot Industry While Michigan Dispensaries Fear Product Shortage

Investors are smelling the profit potential in legal marijuana. And the latest fertile field for financiers is Michigan, the 10th...

“We’re the Richest Democracy With the Worst Poverty,” says EVICTED Author Matthew Desmond

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson has spent much of 2018 reading with listeners, discussing some...

Former Head Of ACLU Of Michigan Talks About Her Big Year

Jake Neher/WDET Over two decades, Kary Moss turned the ACLU of Michigan from a tiny office in the Book Building...

MichMash: Attempt to Make Petition Campaigns More Difficult Could Backfire on GOP

WDET Digital Republican state lawmakers are moving forward with measures that would make it more difficult to put questions on a...

Gov. Snyder Signs Line 5 Replacement Deal Into Law — But Is It Legal?

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder has signed controversial legislation that allows Enbridge Energy to build a pipeline, housed in...

Black And Republican: What The Party Is (Or Isn’t) Doing To Attract Voters Of Color

Laura Weber-Davis, WDET A recent article on FiveThirtyEight.com asks the question, “Have Republicans Given Up on Winning Black Voters?” Author Perry...

Republicans Power Through Controversial Lame Duck Legislation

Cheyna Roth/MPRN Republicans in the state Legislature are trying to increase their power and limit the powers of statewide offices...

Gov. Rick Snyder’s Complicated Legacy: A Tale of Two Cities

Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder is in the final weeks of his two terms in the top office in the state....

Controversial Measure Targeting Michigan Unions Could Clear State Senate This Week

Jake Neher/WDET It’s the third week of the Michigan Legislature’s frenzied lame duck session. There are plenty of hotly debated...

Trump Rule Change Could Hurt Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants in SE Michigan

Gracie Xavier, Michigan Global Talent Retention Initiative Over the past few years, we’ve had an intense debate in this country...

Two Term-Limited GOP Lawmakers Have Very Different Takes on Controversial Lame Duck

Michigan Legislature Since the November election, Republicans who control the Michigan Legislature have been working on a number of hotly...