How to Apply to Serve on Michigan’s New Redistricting Commission
Applicants to Michigan's new Independent Redistricting Commission will have the chance to be a part of Michigan history – and redraw...
How to Apply to Serve on Michigan’s New Redistricting Commission
Applicants to Michigan's new Independent Redistricting Commission will have the chance to be a part of Michigan history – and redraw...
In City Council Election, Highland Park Bets on Better Representation to Heal Divisions
Highland Park This article was updated 11:16 a.m. 11/5/2019 Highland Park, Mich., like most municipalities in Wayne County, has had all...
Created Equal, Season 2: Former EPA Water Expert on Finding the Evidence for Flint
"Nobody is really going to pay attention that there's lead in the water until there's evidence that people are being...
Democracy Takes Work, Principles and Institutions, Expert Says
Timothy Snyder, Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human...
Preet Bharara on Mueller Investigation, Corruption and Impeachment
As U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara gained a reputation for going after corruption on...
Nolan Finley On Impeachment, Partisanship and DC Corruption
StoryCorps It seems almost everything is divided along party lines these days, and impeachment is no exception. A FiveThirtyEight poll shows that...
Blanchard on Milliken: Former Michigan Governor was ‘Last of the Moderate Republicans’
Former Michigan Gov. William Milliken died last week at the age of 97. Milliken called himself a moderate Republican. But...
2018 Was Historic Year For Women Elected to Congress, But Activists Aren’t Stopping There
Jake Neher/WDET 2018 was deemed "the year of the woman," a label spurred by the election of over 100 women to...
Busting the Myths Surrounding Moderate, Independent, and Undecided Voters
New America When we talk about politics and elections in this country, a premium has developed around the idea of...
As Primaries Continue, Michigan Prepares to Host Next Year’s Presidential Debate
The University of Michigan will host one of the battles between the eventual nominees, about a month before the election....
Nearly Half of All Federal Spending Goes to Health Care. How Do We Fix It?
Jake Neher/WDET The current healthcare system is just not working for millions of people in America. It's extremely confusing terrain to...
Pure Michigan Isn’t Quite Dead After Gov. Whitmer Veto… Yet
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has eliminated funding for Pure Michigan. It was one of 147 line-item vetoes Whitmer made before signing...