State of Michigan restructures mental and behavioral health services departments

  The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services recently announced a restructuring of its mental and behavioral health services...

Ways to engage more in your community

What does it means to engage thoughtfully with the place that you live and the people around you? That’s also...

National Urban League report calls democracy “under siege”

Democratic institutions have been weakened, according to numerous scholars across the country, and some have been fearing the end to...

DTE Energy carried out more than 200,000 power shut-offs during COVID-19 pandemic

During the past two years, thousands of DTE customers in Southeast Michigan fell behind on their bills and, as a...

Should utilities be owned by the public?

Utilities such as DTE Energy in Michigan and PG&E in California have a lot of -- power -- when it...

Efforts to keep abortion legal in Michigan

  Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has filed a lawsuit to keep abortion legal in Michigan if Roe v. Wade is overturned...

What a post-Roe Michigan could look like

Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a lawsuit in the Oakland Circuit Court challenging Michigan’s longstanding abortion ban. That's in...

Free tax assistance available to people who make less than $57,000

  The federal income tax deadline is coming up April 18. A handful of organizations are available in Michigan to...

The U.S. Postal Service and how it can be reimagined

President Biden has signed a law intended to give the United States Postal Service better financial footing, in order to...

Peters’ USPS reforms signed into law

A roughly 15-year effort to reform the United State Postal Service is now law. President Joe Biden signed the legislation...

Experts compare Amazon’s first union to 1937 Flint GM strike

Last week, Amazon warehouse workers on Staten Island in New York came away with one of the biggest organized labor...

Housing insecurity hits Detroit’s minority renters

Detroit used to be ground zero for the idea of homeownership, especially for Black residents. However that has changed over...