Trump, Republicans talk border in Grand Rapids

Criticisms of the Biden administration’s immigration policies made up a major part of former President Donald Trump’s speech in Grand...

Detroit Evening Report: FEMA to open Disaster Recovery Center in Detroit for one day only Thursday

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration will open a Disaster Recovery Center in northwest...

The Metro: Baobab Fare co-owner talks 2024 James Beard nomination, plans to expand in Detroit

When Baobab Fare opened its doors in 2021, it quickly became a favorite restaurant of many. The Burundi-inspired restaurant offers...

Created Equal: Breaking down the new state House districts in metro Detroit

Just two years into Michigan’s experiment with citizen-drawn maps for the Legislature and Congress, a court-ordered redraw to address gerrymandering...

Kellogg’s facing backlash, boycott this month following controversial comment from CEO

Kellogg's Company could face a national boycott beginning this week after comments made by its CEO caused a huge backlash...

Michigan Congressman John Moolenaar named chair of special committee on Chinese Communist Party

One of the few issues the deeply-divided U.S. Congress agrees on is taking a hard line on China.  Now a...

Detroit Evening Report: State health department reports sharp rise in Syphilis cases

Detroit City Council Member Angela Whitfield Calloway is hoping to shine a spotlight on Syphilis this month after the state...

Created Equal: New book explores the complicated practice of migrant smuggling

 Author and anthropologist Jason De León spent seven years documenting the lives of “coyotes,” or smugglers who help migrants...

The Metro: Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network expands services for children

Young people are struggling with their mental health more than ever before. Research shows that depression, self-harm and suicide have...

Renowned Michigan activist, poet John Sinclair dies at 82

John Sinclair, a central figure in Detroit's 1960s and '70s counterculture and political activism movements, died Tuesday morning at the...

Whitmer repeals ban on surrogacy contracts in Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on the use of paid pregnancy surrogates. Michigan was...

Bird flu confirmed in Michigan cattle, poultry

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has been detected in a mid-Michigan dairy herd. Nora Wineland, Michigan's state veterinarian,...