African-American Political Power in Michigan [CHARTS]

In the wake of violence in Newark and Detroit during July 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson charged his Commission on...

US Attorney Charges 13 Detroit Public Schools Administrators With Bribery

The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan is charging a dozen current and former Detroit Public School principals...

The Batcave Is In Metro Detroit

Google says it has done something super villains have wanted to do for years – find the location of Batman’s...

Is There a Student Debt Crisis?

Flickr For several years now we've been hearing about a ballooning of student loan debt in America that's crushing young...

Sen. Gary Peters Talks About the Political Culture in Washington D.C.

Photo Courtesy of the Office of Gary Peters Detroit Today Host Stephen Henderson speaks with Michigan senator Gary Peters about...

The Progressive Underground Show 163 (Tribute to Malik Taylor aka Phife Dawg)

Jive Records On tonight's episode of The Progressive Underground, we do a tribute to the late Malik Taylor aka "Phife...

Reveal: New Day Dawning on The Night Shift

  Every day, invisible armies of men and women head to work, where they’re tasked with doing something that helps...

This American Life: It’ll Make Sense When You’re Older

Prologue Kids do not like getting told it’ll make sense when they’re older. They’re pretty sure the grown-ups are wrong,...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 3-26-16

Next time on RREM, RIP Phife Dawg, Detroit's own Jayme Orr and Caleb Gutierrez, birthdays for Aretha and Elton, some...

Judge Leads Anti-Violence March Year After Shooting

The federal judge who was shot outside his Detroit home last year will lead a walk against gun violence Friday...

Why One Journalist Ties Up Personal Loose Ends Very Publically

Flickr WDET’s Laura Herberg has embarked on a project to tie up the loose ends in her life. It’s a...

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...