What’s Behind the Success of Students of Color at Oakland University?

Jake Neher/WDET In a post-Affirmative Action world, our universities have had to wrestle with many difficult questions about what makes...

State of the City: Are Duggan’s Bold Proposals for Detroit Students Realistic?

AnnMarie Scaramuzzino/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan laid out some fairly bold plans during his State of the City speech Tuesday...

Opioid Crisis Leads to Increase in Organ Donations

A tragic epidemic is apparently having some positive effects. Organ recovery centers say the opioid crisis is contributing to an...

The NCAA Scandal and the Corruptibility of Major Sports Organizations

John U Bacon Last week, the NCAA came under fire as an FBI investigation revealed several players throughout the country...

A Weighty Report: Kids are Growing More Obese

Pat Batcheller A new study published this week in the journal “Pediatrics” reveals a trend growing in the wrong direction....

English Arabic Story Time at the Arab American National Museum

The Arab American National Museum invites young children to English-Arabic Story Time Saturday. The museum offers stories originally published in...

Could Trump Be The President That Enacts Stricter Gun Control?

Jake Neher/WDET Amid an extraordinary national conversation about gun violence and mass shootings this week, President Donald Trump made some...

Youth Activists Say They’re Ready to Lead

Students from Detroit, Novi, Grosse Pointe, Dearborn and other communities are meeting this weekend to learn to be better activists....

Rep. Debbie Dingell: ‘Let’s Not Have The Same Old Discussion’ On Guns

Laura Weber Davis/WDET What is Congress and the White House willing to do about our problem with guns in America?...

Youth Activism: What Role Can Kids Play In Political and Societal Change?

Sascha Raiyn These last twenty years, we as a country have watched in horror as children are slain in their own...

Metro Detroit Group Plans Protest at R. Kelly Concert Over Underage Sex Claims

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A group of activists say they plan to protest musician R. Kelly’s performance at Little Caesars Arena. R....

Congress Weighs Mandate that Universities Proove they Review Sex Abuse Complaints

Cheyna Roth/MPRN Michigan’s U.S. Senators are proposing that the federal government require university leaders to personally examine reports of sexual...