Penguins Get a New Home at Detroit Zoo
King Penguins, Credit: Detroit Zoo This week the Detroit Zoo opens its new state-of-the-art penguin exhibit to the public. The...
What Can Gov. Snyder Do to Regain Trust After Flint Water Crisis?
Laura Nawrocik/ CC Gov. Rick Snyder announced this week that he will drink filtered Flint water for 30 days. Many...
MDEQ and EPA look to Lower Allowable Dioxane Standard
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is working to lower the allowable exposure level of dioxane in groundwater. Dioxane is...
DTW Sees Increase in Fliers
Detroit Metro Airport says passenger traffic increased by one million fliers last year. Total passenger traffic increased eight percent in...
Appeals Court Upholds NFL Concussion Settlement
A federal appeals court is upholding a roughly $1 billion settlement over concussions in the National Football League. But the...
New Provost Looking Forward to Guiding Wayne State’s Academics
Wayne State University has hired a new provost. Keith Whitfield will take the position as the university’s chief academic officer...
IRS Tries to Stay One Step Ahead of Crooks [REPORT]
A new study says some tax preparation companies take advantage of people who qualify for the federal Earned Income Tax...
What Does It Mean To Be a Feminist in 2016?
Photo from left to right: FIERCE founder Arielle Johnson, former state Rep. Maxine Berman, FIERCE VP Jasmine Morgan. Credit: Jake Neher,...
The Progressive Underground Show 166 feat. ST. GERMAIN
St. Germain Music On this weekend's Progressive Underground, host Chris Campbell interviews Parisian artist/composer ST. GERMAIN and plays select cuts...
Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 4-16-16
Next time on RREM, Dylan croons again, Sturgill Simpson's new music, Frightened Rabbit, Detroit's Ingrid Racine and Mayer Hawthorne, plus...
GM Recalls One Million Trucks Because of Bad Seat Belts
General Motors is launching a global recall of just over one million trucks with seat belts that might malfunction. The...
Police from Lebanon Hope to Copy Detroit’s Finest
The blight dotting the city of Detroit has led some to compare it to the war-torn buildings filling Beirut, Lebanon....