Michigan Science Center’s New CEO On Plans to Make Center More Accessible, Relevant
Innovation has been a centerpiece in conversations surrounding Detroit’s revitalization. There’s an active energy to approach ordinary operations with fresh...
Detroit’s Wash and Learn Initiative Takes School Into Laundromats
Education has taken a non-traditional approach with pop-up learning spaces that take youth outside of the classroom environment. In Detroit, this...
Can Governor Ban Flavored Vaping Products Without Lawmakers? Attorney General Says Yes
WDET Digital Supporters of the vaping industry in Michigan are threatening legal action over a plan to ban flavored vaping...
Big Tobacco Chains Want a Piece of Michigan’s Pot Market, But State Deals Blow
Now that Michigan has legalized recreational marijuana, there is a mad scramble unfolding over who will dominate what could be...
Google, YouTube to Pay $170 Million For Collecting Your Kids’ Data. Here’s How To Protect Children’s Privacy.
After collecting personal information from children without the consent of their parents, Google and YouTube are going to pay a...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller on Growing Up In Metro Detroit, Becoming Broadway Sensation
Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller is a Broadway sensation. Aside from being the producer of several iconic musicals, Seller is also the mind...
In Response to Water Crisis, Brightmoor Students Build Filtration System
A group of high school students is flattening a patch of dirt next to a modest-looking church in the northwest...
Wayne State Looks to ‘Reboot’ Urban Pediatrics Program
Wayne State University is in the midst of a shake-up when it comes to the university's pediatrics program. A dispute...
School Suspensions, State Surveillance: Detroit News You Missed this Past Month
Detroit Public Schools are revised the district's Student Code of Conduct even though some teachers say past actions haven't improved...
Journalist Anna Clark On the Lessons to Learn from Flint
Anna Clark It's been five years since a state emergency manager switched Flint's water supply to the Flint river, beginning...
Highland Park Water: We Answered All Your Questions about Lead Detection in Drinking Supply
Jake Neher/WDET Nine homes in Highland Park tested for elevated leads of lead in their drinking water earlier this month. Many...