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...

Is Eviction a Symptom or a Cause of Poverty?

Flickr  Should officials in America do more to keep people in their homes, even if tenants are far behind on...

“Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” comes to Fisher Theatre

The Broadway play, based on the best-selling book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, comes to Detroit’s...

Detroit Cracks Down on Stripping and Stripping

  “We’ve taken a strict policy on OTE’s, the offering to engage, where we have people coming into the city,...

Feds Arrest Another Doctor in Connection with Michigan Female Genital Mutilation Case

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/ WDET   A second doctor in Michigan has been arrested in connection with alleged female genital mutilation. The...

Can Nikolai Vitti Lead Detroit Schools Toward Stability, Success?

Sascha Raiyn Nikolai Vitti will be the first permanent superintendent to lead the new Detroit Public Schools Community District. In...

Experts say Female Genital Mutilation is Both Crime and Cultural Practice

A metro Detroit doctor has been ordered detained while she awaits a trial on charges of mutilating the genitals of...

Metro Detroit Doctor to Remain Incarcerated Until Trial on Charges of Female Genital Mutilation

A federal judge is ordering a Michigan doctor to remain incarcerated while she awaits trial on charges of mutilating the...

Tribe Working to Make Sure Money Isn’t Obstacle in School Mascot Debate

Belding Area Schools Many schools in Michigan have grappled with whether they should dump Native American mascots and nicknames. Plenty...

Author Peter Markus Talks New Book on Teaching Poetry in Detroit Schools

Courtesy of Peter Markus Author Peter Markus has spent the last two decades as an Artist in Residence with InsideOut...

Michigan Teen Completes Junior Iditarod Race in Alaska

Suzanne Mahoney A Bloomfield Hills teen is back in Michigan after finishing this year’s Junior Iditarod race in Alaska. 17-year-old...

Michigan and Great Lakes Region Face Ups and Downs [GRAPHS]

A new study confirms what many people already knew--Michigan's economy has taken a beating over the last two decades. The...