Detroit Evening Report: Michigan students’ access to school counselors among worse in the nation, report finds

Michigan’s school counselor to student ratio is more than double the number of what is recommended, according to a report...

Lawmakers seek to shift youth work permits from schools to state

The Michigan House Labor Committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill to have the state take over responsibility for issuing work permits...

FORCE Detroit working to empower young people through city’s ShotStoppers program

A Detroit community organization claims it’s helped eliminate about three-quarters of the shootings in one of the most violent areas...

Created Equal: What Columbia University’s crackdown on protesters tell us about free speech on college campuses

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested on college campuses across the country in recent weeks. The escalating tensions between student-led...

Created Equal: Foster care in America from a children’s advocate raised in the system 

Andrew Bridge spent 11 years of his childhood in foster care and says the system did more harm than good....

Detroit Evening Report: GM seeking high school students for paid summer internship

General Motors is looking for high school students in metro Detroit, Flint and Pontiac to apply for a comprehensive paid...

The Metro: Birdie’s Bookmobile to collect books for kids at Eastern Market this Saturday

Birdie's Bookmobile is a local nonprofit working to put books in kids' hands no matter where they are. As part...

The Metro: ACLU report calls for end to Michigan’s parental consent law for abortions

Abortion rights are the subject of a nationwide debate this week following a court decision in Arizona making the procedure...

Created Equal: Can tech regulation solve mental health issues? 

It is already difficult to track what kids are doing online these days, but now, Congress is in the process...

The ‘Fight Club of Design’ is coming for young Detroit artists

When Brook Banham was in graduate school at the College for Creative Studies, he had to write a plan for...

The Metro: Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network expands services for children

Young people are struggling with their mental health more than ever before. Research shows that depression, self-harm and suicide have...

DER Weekends: Michigan organizers work to better serve Muslim children in foster care

On the latest episode of DER Weekends, WDET's Nargis Rahman spends some time exploring efforts to support Muslim children in...