Senate Set to Vote on Infrastructure Funds for Flint

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a wide-ranging water infrastructure package that includes funding to help Flint....

Jesse Jackson Encourages Voter Registration In Detroit

The Reverend Jesse Jackson is making the case for Detroit’s youngest eligible residents to exercise their right to vote. The...

Authors Say We’ve Gone Too Far On Dangers Of Concussions, Activists Push Back

Jake Neher/WDET Some football fans are becoming increasingly conflicted about their love of the sport. That's because of the mounting...

Mother Theresa’s Sainthood

This Sunday Pope Francis plans to canonize Mother Theresa. That means the iconic humanitarian will receive sainthood. Kevin Mannara is a...

Helping Highland Parkers Help Themselves

When city services fall short and schools can't do it all, residents get to work. That's what is happening in...

State School Officials Say M-STEP Scores Are A Success, But Results Mixed

Jake Neher/WDET At least half of students in every grade scored “below proficient” on every subject of this year’s state...

How Can Charter Schools Do Better By Special Needs Students?

Jake Neher/WDET The controversy surrounding charter schools in Detroit and around the country has a lot to do with the...

A Closer Look At the Milwaukee Uprising And What Happens Next

Flickr Creative Commons Last week the city of Milwaukee faced the kind of civil strife we don’t see very often...

Detroit Family Making It Work And Working To Make Detroit Better

"You may not be able to do anything about the DPS system as a whole. You may not be able...

Lead Levels Rise in Michigan Children

There were more children in Michigan with elevated levels of lead in their blood than there were last year. The...

Detroit Jazz Fest President Talks About How Jazz Binds Detroiters Together

Credit: Len Katz (Courtesy of Detroit Jazz Festival) Labor Day Weekend is fast approaching, and that means so is the...

Growing Business And Community on Michigan Avenue in SW Detroit

The stretch of Michigan Avenue running through Southwest Detroit is one of the city’s most diverse and burgeoning neighborhoods. It’s...