Supreme Court Ruling A Big, But Unexpected, Victory for LGBTQ Rights
In an opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, gay, lesbian and transgender people gained protection against employment discrimination...
Five Journalist Tips On Holding Police Accountable
Nationwide protests against police brutality and structural racism have sparked a lot of interest in holding law enforcement agencies accountable....
Wayne State Houses New National Police De-Escalation Training Center
America is in the midst of a nationwide reckoning with police brutality and other injustices that have been carried out...
Michigan Senate: Proposed Legislation Would Overhaul Police Training
Ongoing national protests against police brutality and systemic racism have been bolstered by urgent calls to action. Michigan lawmakers have...
COVID Diaries: It Is Alright to Not Be Okay
101.9 WDET presents "COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience." Through WDET's StoryMakers and in partnership with Documenting Detroit, we've commissioned five documentary...
Supreme Court Guarantees LGBTQ Workplace Protections Under Civil Rights Act
In a case that has roots in Metro Detroit, the U.S. Supreme Court finds that people cannot be fired due to...
Detroit Councilman Wants to Change Police Behavior, Not Funding
There’s been weeks of protests in Detroit and across the nation since George Floyd, an African American man, was killed...
Appeals Court Won’t Re-Hear Detroit Schools “Right to Literacy” Case
A federal court will not re-hear a case concerning a right to a basic education, it ruled Wednesday, a convoluted conclusion to a...
Defund Police? Detroit Commissioners Have Other Things To Discuss
Detroit’s Board of Police Commissioners addressed calls to "defund the police" during a meeting held on ZOOM video-conference. “To my colleagues,...
Census Advocates Get Creative In Getting Detroit Counted
Less than 50 percent of Detroit’s residents have responded to the Census. That means the city is at risk of...
Former Obama Justice Official: Police Department Culture Matters
Under the Obama administration, there was a push within the Department of Justice to rethink policing. "Co-producing public safety, that...
How TV Shows Like ‘Cops’ Normalized Police Brutality
After more than 30 years, the long running television show ‘Cops’ has been cancelled. "We start to believe that things...
