Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit Rising Voices urges support for ‘Teach MI History’ bills
The nonprofit Rising Voices is urging the public to advocate for the "Teach MI History" bill package introduced this month...
The Metro: Potential impacts of Michigan’s minimum wage increase
We’re seeing a change in Michigan when it comes to wages. After a six-year battle that involved lawsuits, protests, and...
Acoustic Café: Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird re-imagine Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks; the return of The Ting Tings + more
On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, the lost classic debut from Buckingham Nicks is being re-imagined by Cunningham Bird......
Teacher and a teenage student killed in shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Abundant Life Christian School serves grades prekindergarten through high school,...
Senate approves ‘productivity credits’ that would reduce prison time
Inmates could see their time in prison reduced if they earn education credits or complete job training or other approved...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: Michigan made music from Lilly Macphee and The New Old; ‘Yacht Rock’ thoughts + more
On this episode of Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, some new holiday music (but not too much), Detroit's Lilly MacPhee and...
Scholarship program aims to encourage more diversity in clinical trials
A metro Detroit cancer specialist is applauding a foundation’s efforts to address the long-standing need for increasing the number of...
The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week: ‘Empire’ by Eddie Chacon feat. John Caroll Kirby
This week’s Pick of the Week comes from Eddie Chacon, who was one half of the ’90s duo Charles &...
Michigan House Republicans stage walk out
Michigan House Republicans walked out of session early Friday afternoon shortly after voting began. They said they wouldn’t come back...
The Metro: Exploring gender roles in 2024, from ‘girlboss’ to ‘trad wife’
The incoming Trump administration wants a return to traditional family values, and a lot of people who voted for him...
Liner Notes: Candace Nicole’s debut album gives listeners something they can feel
Welcome to Liner Notes, where we dig into the stories and offer commentary behind the albums that resonate beyond the...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Senate passes ‘ghost gun’ bills; Detroit offers warming centers + more
The Michigan Senate has passed a bill that bans the sales and possession of “ghost guns.” Ghost guns are guns...