Opioid Crisis vs. the War on Drugs: A Double Standard?
Yeshua University & Stanford University Opioid addiction and related deaths disproportionately affect both poor, rural white communities and middle class,...
What’s The Political Fallout From Donald Trump Jr.’s Emails?
National Park Service On Tuesday, the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted out a series of emails ahead of a New...
First 80 Families Completed the DLBA’s Buy Back Program
WDET More than 80 families in Detroit are buying back their homes that had been lost to foreclosure. The first...
Freep Reporters Find System Protects Bad Cops in Michigan
Laura Weber Davis/WDET When we see violence involving police, we long for justice. When police are targeted at the receiving...
Former National Security Official Announces Candidacy to Challenge Rep. Mike Bishop
Cheyna Roth/MPRN The 2018 election is still a ways away. But that hasn’t stopped plenty of hopeful candidates from throwing...
Are We Desensitized to Viral Violence?
Hillary Crawford/WDET There's a familiar cycle emerging when it comes to violent encounters between police and civilians: a hastily shot...
Detroit Casino Revenue Up in June from a Year Ago
Detroit’s three casinos' combined June revenue of $113 million was up from the same month a year, according to the...
Passport, Green Card, U.S. Supreme Court Decision: Deported Man Returns to United States
When Juan Esquivel-Quintana left his factory job in Mexico and headed back to the Michigan, he carried his newly issued...
Iraqis Facing Deportation from Michigan Ask Governor for Pardon
Eli Newman / WDET Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is weighing whether to grant a pardon to about 40 Iraqis set...
‘Riot,’ ‘Rebellion,’ or Something Else? How Words Affect Our Perceptions of History
Laura Weber Davis/WDET How does the language we use to describe events, historical and current, craft how we feel about...
The Progressive Underground Show 222 feat. MAYSA
Maysa Leak Music This episode of The Progressive Underground features an interview with international songstress MAYSA, who talks about her...
