News Media and Satire In This Year’s Presidential Election
Jake Neher/WDET During this strange election cycle there has been a third party that’s received a lot of criticism along...
White House Launches Opioid Abuse Campaign Amid Reports Drug Companies Fighting Effort to Limit Prescription Painkillers
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET The Obama Administration is launching a national campaign this week to highlight the federal government’s fight to combat...
Immigration Conference Shows The ‘Welcoming’ Side of Michigan
"We cannot afford to close our doors, close our hearts or close our minds to immigration because it has been...
Federal Case Exposes Lack Of Review Process For Formerly Mentally Ill Persons Trying To Own Guns
Jake Neher/WDET A man who was once hospitalized for depression cannot legally buy a gun in Michigan – at least...
State Board Prevents Flint From Suing Over Water Crisis
Matt Morley The city of Flint was recently considering suing the state of Michigan for the water crisis in the...
Ferndale Library Vote Highlights “Broken” Local Government Funding In Michigan
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Almost two thirds of all local government leaders in Michigan say the state’s system of funding cities,...
Snyder Still Not Satisfied With Federal Immigration Policies
Jake Neher/WDET A statewide conference on making Michigan more welcoming to immigrants kicks off Monday in Lansing. Local officials will trade tips...
Detroit Photographer Documents Refugee Rescues in Mediterranean Sea
Detroit photographer Kenny Karpov is in the Mediterranean Sea with MOAS, documenting at-sea rescues of refugees leaving the Libyan coast....
The Intersection: Impact of School Choice in Michigan
Alan Alfaro/Creative Commons Metro Detroit students are attending increasingly segregated schools and districts, and Michigan’s School Choice law has allowed...
Senate Set to Vote on Infrastructure Funds for Flint
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a wide-ranging water infrastructure package that includes funding to help Flint....
Will Windsor Become a Weed Empire?
higherlimits.buzz Experts agree by roughly this same time next year marijuana will be legal throughout the entire nation of Canada...
Appealing to Voters of Color Earnestly
Jake Neher/WDET What would it look like if presidential candidates made earnest appeals to voters of color? When Donald Trump...