Activists Confront Water Board, Education Commission Expands After School Bus Service
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department presented a new pilot program and the Community Education Commission announced an expansion of...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller on Growing Up In Metro Detroit, Becoming Broadway Sensation
Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller is a Broadway sensation. Aside from being the producer of several iconic musicals, Seller is also the mind...
Lawmakers Eye Road Compromise As They Return to State Capitol
MPRN State lawmakers are back in Lansing this week after their summer break, and they have some big tasks ahead of...
Is It Time To Get Rid Of Michigan’s Law Requiring Schools To Start After Labor Day?
Crain's Detroit Business For a generation of Michigan school children, Labor Day has always marked the end of summer and...
Wayne State Looks to ‘Reboot’ Urban Pediatrics Program
Wayne State University is in the midst of a shake-up when it comes to the university's pediatrics program. A dispute...
School Suspensions, State Surveillance: Detroit News You Missed this Past Month
Detroit Public Schools are revised the district's Student Code of Conduct even though some teachers say past actions haven't improved...
Biden and Harris, Bruised During Debate, take Campaigns to Detroit Streets
Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, among the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination in many...
Inmates’ Passion for Literacy Revealed Through Tutoring Program
Words No Bars Can Hold Do you remember learning to read? It’s as if a whole world opens up and...
Detroit Political Junkies Recap and React to This Week’s Presidential Debates
Jake Neher/WDET The second Democratic presidential debate has come and gone. There was talk of important policy changes, there was...
Tell Us A Story of Searching for a School for Your Kids
I had to search for a new school for my child this year. And it was scary. It was scary...
Brilliant Detroit Converts Blight into Neighborhood Centers. See Its Latest Renovation
Brilliant Detroit Brilliant Detroit renovates abandoned homes in the city, then fills those homes with programs to create what it...