Dem Convention in Detroit This Weekend Could Be Crystal Ball Into Party’s Future

MichiganDems.com Thousands of Michigan Democrats will gather this weekend at Detroit’s Cobo Center for the party’s endorsement convention. Political onlookers...

Freep Film Fest Documentary Explores History of Detroit’s Cass Corridor

Jake Neher/WDET The Cass Corridor is one of the Detroit neighborhoods that has changed the most over the past two...

Detroit Casinos Report Highest Ever Monthly Revenue

Detroit’s three casinos' combined March revenue of $138.6 million is the highest since they opened in 1999 and 2000, according to...

Group of Black MSU Players Helped Desegregate College Football in 1960s

Through the Banks of the Red Cedar Now in its fifth year, the Freep Film Festival is underway. This year, 75...

DIA Becomes 1920’s Hollywood for Film Festival Gala

Detroit Free Press The Detroit Institute of Arts goes back in time Saturday to celebrate the golden age of cinema....

Bonny Doon Find Themselves on New Record “Longwave” Ahead of Third Man Records Gig

Photo Courtesy of Bonny Doon On Saturday, April 14th, Detroit band Bonny Doon will be performing at Third Man Records...

Former Judge Who Brought MLK to Detroit Dies

  Tony Spina/Detroit Free Press Controversial former Judge James Del Rio served in the Michigan state house in the 1960’s...

Downriver Communities Hardest Hit by Opioid Crisis

  New analysis shows several of Metro Detroit’s Downriver communities are experiencing higher rates of opioid overdoses. Data analytics from...

Paul Ryan and the Exodus of Republicans From Congress

National Park Service A major shake-up in Washington yesterday, as House Speaker Paul Ryan said he’ll retire rather than run again in...

Is Social Media Killing Democracy?

Jake Neher/WDET Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg just finished two days of testimony before Congress, where he was asked...

Campaign to Shut Down Oil Pipeline Under Straits of Mackinac Gaining Support

  Governor Rick Snyder is asking Enbridge Energy to accelerate it’s decommissioning of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits...

Red Wings Stay the Course With Holland, Blashill

The Detroit Red Wings made the NHL playoffs for 25 consecutive seasons from 1991 to 2016. They won the Stanley...