A Battle Over a Famous Last Name Erupts in Race to Replace Ex-Congressman Conyers
Congressional candidate and Michigan State Sen. Ian Conyers says he should be the only Conyers on the upcoming August Democratic primary...
Medical Marijuana Licensing Drags On–Are State Regulators Prepared for Legalization?
Cheyna Roth/MPRN People who want a license to grow or sell medical marijuana in Michigan have yet more uncertainty to...
Kim Hunter’s ‘The Official Report on Human Activity’ Explores Issues of Race, Gender
Gus Navarro/WDET When race, class, and gender are layered over media and changes in technology, it is enough for any writer...
Film ‘In the Last Days of the City’ Shows Life in Cairo in Days Leading up to Arab Spring
Gus Navarro/WDET What does it mean - to the audience and the filmmaker - to capture a city on film? All...
Toyota to Build Driverless Vehicle Test Center in Michigan
Toyota is increasing its stake in creating autonomous vehicles. And the Japanese automaker is doing it in Michigan. J. Carlisle...
What’s the QLine’s Future After A Year of Disappointing Ridership?
Sandra Svoboda/ WDET The numbers are in for Detroit’s QLine streetcar one year into its operations -- and they’re not great....
Are We Living in a Post-Fact Society?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Nathan Bomey covered Detroit’s bankruptcy as a reporter for the Detroit Free Press, and wrote the book...
Neediest Americans Would Be Hit Hardest By Ben Carson’s Plan to Triple Rent
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development People who receive federal housing assistance might soon see their rent triple. That’s...
The Fair Housing Act Has Not Lived Up to Its Promise of Desegregation
Detroit Journalism Cooperative We’ve been talking a lot recently on Detroit Today about housing. Today we take a look at...
Immigrants’ Spouses Could Be Next to Face Hardships Under Trump
Jake Neher/WDET The discussion about immigration in this country has become base -- reduced to arguments over whether to deport...
LIVE STREAM: Policy Meets The People–Education Special
Policy Meets The People – MI Voice, MI Vote gives metro Detroiters an opportunity to find out how key legislation,...
Author Richard Rothstein Talks About ‘Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America’
Jake Neher/WDET In his latest book, "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America", Richard Rothstein lays bare...