Will High Rates of Absentee Ballots Turn Election Day into Election Week?
Michigan Department of State A 2018 law made absentee voting for any reason available to all Michigan voters. With the pandemic upon...
Less Than a Quarter of Detroit Police Officers Live in the City
The issue of whether police officers should reside in the cities they serve has been controversial for years. In...
Michigan’s New Redistricting Commission Has Its 200 Semifinalists
Every 10 years following the U.S. Census, congressional and legislative lines must be redrawn to accurately reflect their population. Redrawing district...
“Bird Box” Sequel Arrives: Detroit Author Josh Malerman Talks “Malorie”
Penguin/Random House In 2014, a novel about mysterious entities whose sudden appearance on Earth took the lives of everyone who...
Researchers Seek Detroit, Highland Park, Hamtramck Property Owners For Lead Remediation Study
The Soil Lead Project is aimed at reducing the transfer of lead from soil to garden crops and families living...
How Corporate Branding Embedded Racist Stereotypes In American Culture
As Black Lives Matters protests against police brutality and systemic racism continue, corporations and other civic institutions are reexamining long-brewing...
New Carpenter’s Union Training Center Brings Skilled Trade Training to Detroit
A few years ago, Detroit Today's Stephen Henderson founded a literary arts and community center, the Tuxedo Project, in the house...
“White Rage” Author on Racial Justice and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”
WDET’s Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer’s selection is Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” a formative...
Michigan Restaurant Workers Make Too Little to Qualify for Emergency Funding
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended expectations and lives for Michigan's service workers. In the past few decades, the restaurant industry...
Detroit City Council Narrowly Approves Duggan’s Blight Bond Proposal for Nov. Ballot
The question to put $250 million of Detroit taxpayer dollars towards home demolitions and renovations will be on the ballot...
Oakland County Executive: Challenger Andy Meisner Makes Case for Democratic Primary Nomination
Michigan’s state and local primary election is Aug. 4. There’s still time to vote by mail for the Aug. 4th election. Find out how....
Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones Running To Unseat Rep. Tlaib
Michigan’s state and local primary election is Aug. 4. There’s still time to vote by mail for the Aug. 4th...