Why Are Drug Prices So High? What Can We Do About It?
Chris Williams/WDET Back in January, drug makers started out the new year with a whole lot of new price hikes...
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SAT Adversity Score: Can the College Board Solve the Privilege Problem?
The Scholastic Aptitude Test or SAT as it’s commonly called was invented back in 1926 by a eugenicist who created...
Michigan Lawmaker’s Indictment Sparks Debate On Money In Politics
Michigan Campaign Finance Network “We never had this discussion.” That was what state Rep. Larry Inman (R-Williamsburg) wrote at the end of...
Author, Detroit Native David Maraniss Reflects on How 1950s Red Scare Upended His Family
Jake Neher/WDET The Red Scare of the 1950s was a persecution of liberal intellectuals and activists for their supposed ties...
Detroit PAL Celebrates 50 Years of Youth Sports
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit PAL is turning 50, and its marking that anniversary with a celebration this weekend called A Family...
Teens Say The Suburbs Are Depressing. Here’s What To Do About It.
Jake Neher/WDET There's a lot of conversation surrounding the way we design the places we live — our cities, our towns and...
New Podcast Rethinks Advice Column for People of Color
Advice is everywhere in American society and culture. It’s on the radio, on TV, in magazines and newspapers, and we...
David Brancaccio of Marketplace Digs Into Financial Abuse of Aging Americans
David Brancaccio The total cost of elder financial exploitation is anywhere between $3 billion and $36 billion a year. For individuals...
New Michigan Democrat Party Chair on Beating Trump in 2020
Jake Neher/WDET Lavora Barnes has a long and accomplished career in politics. She has worked on successful campaigns from the...
Why Michigan Republicans Voted to Ban an Abortion Procedure
Jake Neher/WDET Republican lawmakers are advancing bills in the state Legislature that would ban a type of abortion procedure. Rick...
No-Fault Insurance: Republicans Setting Up Showdowns with Gov. Whitmer
Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance system could be getting an overhaul. Last week, Michigan’s Republican controlled legislature passed two bills aimed...
Detroit Myth Busters: Researchers Illuminate, Challenge City’s Civil Rights and Post-War History
Jake Neher/WDET Civil rights and the black power movement in Detroit What do you know about Detroit’s civil rights history?...