What is the Value of Diversity in the Newsroom in 2017?

Emily Dagger/NPR How much do the media influence how we feel about each other or what we think about people...

How Do Toys Affect A Child’s Self-Image, View of Society?

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Recently, a two-year old girl in South Carolina went into a Target to pick out a doll. When she...

How Personal Data and Algorithms Send People to Prison

Jake Neher/WDET How much control do we give data and algorithms over our lives? Should they be able to determine...

UM Alumni Association Increases Diversity Scholarship by $30 Million

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Underrepresented minority enrollment -- and particularly that of Black students -- has slumped at the University of...

Tourism Officials Fear Riot Anniversary Could Hurt Detroit’s Image

Detroit Historical Society This summer several Detroit institutions will remember the 50th anniversary of one of the seminal events in...

Ann Delisi and Emery King on “Essential Conversations” and Evolving Media Landscape

Laura Weber Davis/WDET The Republican Party often sites itself as “The Party of Reagan.” But how has the White House changed...

Historian Deborah Lipstadt: Trump Has Had “Rough Patches” With Jewish Community

Deborah Lipstadt Deborah Lipstadt is a historian and author best known for her books combating holocaust denial. She’ll be in...

Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley Debate GOP’s Healthcare Plan

Jake Neher/WDET President Trump has said one of his first goals in office is to repeal and replace the federal...

Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Heather Ann Thompson Talks Mass Incarceration

Jake Neher/WDET A couple weeks ago the Pulitzer Prize winners were announced, and among them was University of Michigan history...

Shootings of Police and Civilians: How Are Tensions Changing?

Hillary Crawford/WDET There have been several cases of violence against police officers in Detroit in recent weeks, including eight officers in the...

What Is Privilege and Has It Changed Across Racial, Generational Lines?

Jake Neher/WDET Defining privilege can be difficult. In a modern context, discussion of privilege often centers around the idea of...

CuriosiD: Who Were the Natives in Detroit?

Listener Andrew McKinney submitted this question to CuriosiD:  “Who were the Native Americans* that lived in the Detroit region, and...