Detroit Schools Advocate Blasts GOP Proposal to Get Rid of DPS for Charters
Elizabeth Garrett Last week, charter schools advocate Gary Naeyaert spoke with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson about a Republican lawmaker's proposal...
Motor City Makeover Kicks Off
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Mayor Mike Duggan kicked off the Motor City Makeover campaign today at Cody High School on Detroit’s west...
Guns at the State Capitol, Lead in DPS Water, and Other News of the Week
Jake Neher, WDET Political consultant Greg Bowens joins Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson for a look at the week in...
Reveal: Teen Migrants: Kids Crossing Borders Alone
In a collaboration with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the United Kingdom and KQED in California, this episode of...
Can Millennials Contribute to a “New” Detroit?
Elle McLin This morning, Detroit Today Host Stephen Henderson speaks with three Millennials and Detroit transplants about how young workers are impacting...
Michigan’s Largest Private Provider of Foster and Adoption Care Makes Change
Michigan’s largest private provider of foster care and adoption services is announcing a major change. Lutheran Social Services of Michigan...
U.S. Attorney Talks Charges in DPS Kickback Scheme
Alan Alfaro/Creative Commons This week, 13 Detroit Public Schools administrators and a supplies vendor were charged with bribery in a...
New Lab Aims to “Spark” Interest in Science
A new exhibit coming to the Michigan Science Center lets visitors become inventors. The Spark!Lab is a hands-on area designed to...
Skillman CEO: Kids in Detroit Deserve the Best the State has to Offer
DucDigital/Creative Commons Earlier this week Skillman Foundation CEO Tonya Allen came on Detroit Today to discuss controversial legislation working its...
Skillman CEO: Michigan Legislators Negotiating Future of DPS are “Worst of the Worst”
Pixabay.com "Right now we have the worst of the worst who are serving as our state legislators.” Yesterday we caught the...
Poverty Worsens for Michigan Children [Map]
A new report says the number of Michigan children living in poverty rose during the Great Recession. The Michigan League...
Are Protesters Motivated to Vote?
Annette Bernhardt/FLICKR The Black Lives Matter movement and others in recent years have brought to the forefront some of the...
