Detroit Proposes New Fund to Help Rents Remain Affordable
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Detroit officials are unveiling a plan to keep residents in city buildings before developers can raise the rental...
What Does Betsy DeVos’ 60 Minutes Interview Tell Us About Her Ability to Lead?
Jake Neher/WDET This week, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was unable to account for Michigan’s poor education performance in...
Why Are People of Color Leaving White Evangelical Churches?
FEMA/Jannah Scott There have been a lot of headlines recently about President Donald Trump’s alleged extramarital affair with an adult-film actress...
Monthly Detroit Casino Revenue Down Compared to Last Year
Detroit’s three casinos' combined February revenue of $110 million was down from the same month a year ago, according to...
Michigan Infrastructure Ranks Among Worst in the Nation
A new D+ grade from the American Society of Civil Engineers may help a statewide movement that is pushing for...
Warren Evans Discusses the Deal for Wayne County’s New Criminal Justice Center
Jake Neher/WDET Wayne County Executive Warren Evans is set to deliver his State of the County address tomorrow. In the...
What’s The Risk of North Korea Talks?
whitehouse.gov President Donald Trump has signaled he wants to do something truly astounding as an American president; meet directly with the...
Will Michigan’s Tumultuous Prison Food Saga Soon End?
Jake Neher/WDET Lawmakers in Lansing are exploring a complete overhaul of how the state feeds its prisoners. Gov. Rick Snyder...
POLITICO Reporter: ‘Climate Change Skeptics Run the Trump Administration’
Jake Neher/WDET President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with climate change skeptics. In some cases that’s obviously concerning -- Scott...
Auto Parts Suppliers Fear Trump Tariffs may Crush Jobs
Jake Neher/WDET A group representing auto parts suppliers says President Trump’s new tariffs on steel and aluminum could destroy jobs...
175 Million Allocation for Roads May Not Go the Distance
Michigan’s harsh winter weather recently led the state legislature to appropriate 175-million dollars to state and local governments for road...
Was the Kerner Commission Report the Beginning of the ‘Unraveling of American Liberalism?’
Sandra Svoboda Fifty years ago, the Kerner Commission appointed by then President Lyndon B. Johnson drafted a major report on...