Former Juvenile Lifer From Detroit Discusses the Horrors of 43 Years in Prison
Jake Neher/WDET For decades in America, there has been a debate about the extent to which the law should punish young...
StoryCorps Detroit: Not Ready to Die
Detroiter Roy Sims was diagnosed with a serious heart condition that doctors told him would be his demise. StoryCorps "It...
New Book Strives to Make Muslim American Children Feel At Home At Home
Shayma Mustafa Shayma Mustafa released her first book last week. It’s called Excuse Me Ma’am, Excuse Me Sir – I’m...
Billionaire Tom Steyer Talks About Putting Millions of Dollars Into Impeaching Trump
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Note: This conversation first aired on Detroit Today on March 20, 2018. If you watch cable news...
LA Times Looks At Innovative Ways Detroit ER is Trying To Stem Violent Crime
Los Angeles Times The problem of violent crime in a city like Detroit seems almost hopelessly complex as it spreads...
Smartphones, Email and Online Communities: Tech Analyst Says Sometimes You Should Take a Sabbatical [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]
Note: danah boyd does not capitalize her name. Sandra Svoboda/WDET When danah boyd started researching how people used technology and...
‘That’s Not Who We Are,’ Says Rep. Fred Upton on Child Separation
Jake Neher/WDET On Wednesday, President Trump ended -- in part -- a humanitarian crisis of his own making. Under immense political...
Child Separation at the Border–Is This Who We Are?
Jake Neher/WDET There's increased pressure on both sides of the aisle in Congress for President Trump and AG Jeff Sessions...
‘The Hardest Work I’ve Ever Done’–What It’s Like Living Without Water in Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit’s water department has shut off water to tens of thousands of homes in recent years. Officials say...
How Are Michigan Cities Like Flint Doing in 2018?
Joan Isabella/WDET It’s been over three years since we found out the people of Flint were being poisoned by their...
Wayne State Offers to Forgive Debt of Former Students
Marissa Gawel/WDET Officials at Wayne State University are offering to forgive some of the debt owed by former students who...
Henderson: ‘You Can Hear the Creep of Normalcy’ with Each School Shooting
WDET The following is an essay from Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: The front page of the New York Times...