VA Hospitals Struggle to Address Suicide, Substance Abuse Amongst Veterans
In the US, today marks Veterans Day. It’s a day nations around the world celebrate the military service of men and...
Senator Gary Peters On Impeachment, Climate Change, and Michigan Politics
The impeachment inquiry into President Trump is commanding headlines and consuming national politics. While the turmoil in Washington consumes the discourse,...
Created Equal, Season 2: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha On “the Perfect Storm” That Led to Flint
“There’s many long-standing causes that created the Flint Water Crisis, it wasn’t one person and one decision. It was a...
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...
Created Equal, Season 2: ACLU’s Curt Guyette On Running His Own Flint Water Tests
"The question became: How do you get to what is going on conclusively? I proposed: Do our own tests." -...
Created Equal, Season 2: Stephen Henderson on How Disinvestment, Poverty and Emergency Management Created a Crisis
Hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Henderson, "Created Equal" pulls apart the strings of inequality that run through the American...
After the Battle, Veterans Take On Substance Abuse and Depression
Suicide rates are rising. Among the groups most at-risk are veterans. Tara Consolino is the Director of Suicide Prevention and...
Electrical Grid Resilience In The Age Of Climate Change
If you’ve been paying attention to national news for the last couple of weeks, you have undoubtedly heard about the...
Created Equal, Season 2: Warnings of a Crisis in Flint Go Ignored
WDET's "Created Equal" Season 2 focuses on the Flint Water Crisis and the elected officials, health care and environmental experts, and...
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...
EPA Chief Backs Cutting Emission Standards; Protecting Great Lakes
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency Andrew Wheeler told business leaders at the Detroit Economic Club that automakers would...
Detroit Police Oversight Board Confronts Abuse of Authority Report
A troubling report from Detroit's Office of the Inspector General came up during the most recent Board of Police Commissioners...