Poor People’s Campaign Wants to Look Lawmakers in the Eye

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Groups in 25 states including Michigan are launching an effort to bring legislators face-to-face with those dealing with...

Cape Town Water Crisis and What Shortages Could Mean for the Great Lakes

National Geographic What is going to happen when people all over the world start running out of fresh water? How...

Macomb County Resident Promotes Transit For Fun

WDET/Laura Herberg In the 2016 election, the majority of Macomb County residents voted against adopting a millage to fund a...

State Lawmaker Wants to Overhaul How Major University Boards Selected

Cheyna Roth/MPRN State lawmakers want to overhaul how three major universities select their governing bodies. This stems from ongoing criticism...

Monroe Community College President Busts Myths About Africa

Jake Neher/WDET Africa is often spoken about in monolithic platitudes, as if it’s a single country rather than a huge...

School Closings for Feb. 5, 2018

Here is the list of public school districts that have canceled classes on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 Wayne County: Allen...

The Progressive Underground Show 249 feat. TAFARI K. STEVENSON-HOWARD

Tafari K. Stevenson-Howard This installment of The Progressive Underground is a special edition featuring visual artist Tafari K. Stevenson-Howard, who's...

Healing Through Sound with Conscious Resonance

An organization called Conscious Resonance is offering Detroiters sound immersion therapy classes. Dilan Wade is the project’s founder and a certified...

Snyder Still Has Leverage To Get Stuff Done in 2018

Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder spent the past week rolling out a series of new policy proposals he hopes to...

More info about Groundhog Day than you ever wanted to know

Today is Groundhog Day and this morning in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, therefore predicting another 6 weeks of...

AFSCME, Reuther Library Commemorate 1968 Sanitation Strike

The Walter Reuther Library observed a moment of silence this week to honor two men who died during the 1968...

Federal English Learner Data Tracks Students, Worries Some

The U-S Department of Education launched a new tool this week it says will help people understand more about students...