Will Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Be Forced to Close Before They Can Get a License?
Jake Neher/WDET In December, the state will start accepting applications for medical marijuana shops to get licenses. But meanwhile, there’s...
Is There Any End In Sight for the War in Afghanistan?
“Absent 9/11, Afghanistan would not be on the United States radar,” says Professor Trumbore. “And I think it’s a fair...
The First Amendment and Hate Groups — Should They Be Free to Rally?
Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb White supremacist groups say they’re intent on holding more rallies and protests around the country. That’s...
Compensation for Wrongfully Convicted Shows Lawmaking is Just the First Step
Cheyna Roth/MPRN For the first time, people in Michigan who were wrongfully convicted are receiving compensation for their time in prison....
Pow Wow Set for Saturday
A group that refers to itself as the “invisible minority” plans to come together this weekend. Southeast Michigan is home...
A Number of Ballot Proposals Get Green Light to Collect Signatures
Jake Neher/WDET Several ballot proposals for Michigan’s 2018 election crossed a hurdle Thursday. The Board of State Canvassers approved the...
How Do We As a Community Move Forward After Racial Violence and Rhetoric?
Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET and Detroit Today has spent time this summer looking back 50 years in Detroit and talked to one...
Hearings Begin to Compensate Wrongly-Convicted Inmates
Cheyna Roth/MPRN The first hearings to compensate people who were wrongfully convicted in Michigan began on Wednesday. Marwin McHenry is...
How Should We Deal With Monuments to Deeply Flawed Historical Figures?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET This conversation originally aired on Detroit Today on May 11, 2017. Early on Thursday morning, a statue...
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: A Tale of Two Paper’s Opinions
Stephen Henderson is the editor of the liberal-leaning editorial page at the Detroit Free Press. Nolan Finley, on the other...
Trump Officials Draw Hard Line at Start of New NAFTA Talks
Jake Neher/WDET The Trump Administration is set to begin renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Trump has said...
Civil Rights Attorney Announces Candidacy for State Attorney General
Cheyna Roth/MPRN Civil rights attorney Dana Nessel will run for state attorney general. Two years ago, Nessel stood in a...