The “Twitter” Presidential Campaign
Does whomever controls twitter, control the presidential campaign? Host Stephen Henderson talks with Professor Christina Guarneri, PhD, about the effect,...
Jeb Bush Brings Presidential Campaign Back to Michigan
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush visits Michigan this week and is set to host a town hall meeting. Bush is...
Stephen Henderson Finds Childhood Home Gutted in Detroit
Courtney Hurtt/ WDET If you picked up The Detroit Free Press this weekend you saw a long and stirring column...
Missouri President Resigns: Will Race Relation Improve on Campus?
Mitch Bennett Over the weekend a group of black football players from University of Missouri said they would refuse...
Report: State Officials Aware of Problem with Flint River Water
State officials reportedly knew of problems with Flint’s water supply long before the city switched to a new system that...
Kalamazoo Promise Turns Ten
DucDigital/Creative Commons The Kalamazoo Promise celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. The Promise pays in-state college tuition for all kids...
Ben Carson’s Inconsistencies in His Autobiography
Gage Skidmore / Flickr It was a strange weekend for Republican presidential candidate and Detroit native Ben Carson. Late...
The Story of Detroit’s Bankruptcy: A “Takeover” or an Inevitable Financial Crisis?
Detroit is approaching its one-year anniversary of emerging from the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy, and the city has changed. Perhaps...
City’s Finances, Leadership Culture Changed by Bankruptcy
Irvin Corley Jr. spent the past half-century providing an independent analysis of Detroit’s finances for the City Council. Quinn Klinefelter...
The Cost of Obamacare Too Much?
Enrollment for Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) opened this week. People face a tax penalty if they don’t sign up....
The Week in News: New House Speaker, Ballot Proposal Rejections, and a Lions Shake Up
This week David Shepardson, Washington DC Bureau Chief for the Detroit News, joins Stephen on Detroit Today at the NPR...
Violence, #BlackLivesMatter, Justice and Blame
Annette Bernhardt/FLICKR Recent killings of unarmed black men and women in the United States have given rise to the Black...