Who Are These People We’re Voting For or Against in November?

MPRN We now know all of our choices for statewide races in November. This past weekend, Democrats and Republicans both...

“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 this summer reading with listeners, discussing some...

Senator John McCain Has Died at Age 81

Sen. John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later...

MichMash: Running Mates Don’t Usually Make a Difference. You Should Still Care.

WDET Digital Our Democratic and Republican candidates for governor have their running mates. Do those picks make a difference for...

Michigan Democrats, GOP Will Solidify Statewide Tickets This Weekend

Cheyna Roth/MPRN This weekend, Michigan Democrats and Republicans will meet to pick their nominees for various elected offices this fall, throw their...

Historian, Author Heather Ann Thompson on Prison Strikes

Michigan Legislature   Prisoners incarcerated across 17 states have joined a strike that is expected to last into mid September,...

Are Midwest Voters Choosing ‘Safe’ Candidates?

Jake Neher/WDET The major party candidates running for governor of Michigan are offering voters a diverse mix of choices. Republican...

What Are Some Solutions to Tax Foreclosure Problem in Wayne County, SE Michigan?

Jake Neher/WDET The Wayne County foreclosure auction is fast approaching, which means hundreds of homeowners could lose their houses in...

Former Michigan U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade Puts Cohen, Manafort Trials Into Context

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Yesterday brought a couple of big developments in the many facets of Robert Mueller’s investigation into the...

Whitmer on Schuette: ‘I’m Not Going to Get Distracted by His Superficial, Sexist Barbs’

Joan Isabella/WDET Democratic nominee for governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling out her GOP opponent Bill Schuette for what she calls "superficial,...

Michigan’s Top Health Official Faces Trial on Involuntary Manslaughter Charges Linked to Flint Water Crisis

The head of Michigan’s Health Department will stand trial on two charges of involuntary manslaughter connected to the water crisis...

Gretchen Whitmer Names Detroit Native Garlin Gilchrist II as Running Mate

Cheyna Roth/MPRN A native Detroiter and one-time candidate for the city’s clerkship will be on the November 2018 ballot. Democratic...