Former Detroit Mayor Bing Remembers Ali, Questions Rising Demolition Costs
Groups supporting the “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative are meeting in Detroit this week. And they are hailing the humanitarian efforts...
K-12 Budget Could Face Challenge Over Aid to Private Schools
Marissa Gawel/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder traveled to a middle school in Oakland County on Monday to sign a $16 billion...
High Court will Not Hear Kilpatrick Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s appeal of his public corruption conviction. Kilpatrick is serving...
What Has Obamacare Meant for Michigan Small Businesses?
J. Carlisle Larsen All this week, Detroit Today is exploring the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Is it working?...
Enbridge, Environmentalists Spar Over Mackinac Straits Pipeline
flickr What would happen if the oil pipeline beneath the water in the Straits of Mackinac suddenly starts leaking? Some researchers...
John Dingell Weighs In On Presidential Election, Government Unity
“Is there perfection here?” says Dingell. “Hell no, there’s not perfection here. But there is opportunity.” “You’re going to have perfect...
Emergency Curfew in Effect for Ford Fireworks
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET It’s summer time in Detroit. The River Days festival is underway. The annual Detroit Ford Fireworks takes place...
What You Need to Know About Ford Fireworks
Detroit and Windsor share a summer tradition Monday, with the 58th annual fireworks show over the Detroit River. Thousands of people...
The Progressive Underground 175 feat. IAN FINKELSTEIN
Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe: Ian Finkelstein On this episode of the Progressive Underground, we interview composer/pianist/electronic and nu-jazz artist IAN...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 6-25-16
Some favorite Canadian artists new and old, MoPop tix and more!
Federal Investigators say Flint Water Crisis was ‘Entirely Preventable’
A new federal report finds that the level of lead in the blood of children from Flint increased dramatically after...
72-Year-Old Pole Vaulter Trains Michigan Olympic Hopefuls and Still Competes
Jake Neher/WDET The Summer Olympic Games in Rio are just around the corner. Some athletes are expressing concerns about traveling...