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This week's Mackinac Policy Conference is focused on how businesses navigate a particularly divisive political moment — and is also host to a major gubernatorial debate.

Thanks in part to the movie Whip It, most people have at least heard of roller derby. But fewer people can say they’ve actually seen the sport. We headed to Detroit to check out a local bout.

After months of hospital overcrowding and wide community spread of the omicron variant, public health indicators are showing some turnaround. And one by one, Michigan's county health departments in populous areas have dropped mask mandates for schools. Could omicron finally be letting up?

The Detroit Bus Company is on the rebound from a break in earlier this month after theves stole several catalytic converters.

Today on Stateside, a voting rights expert with the ACLU shares what Michiganders should know ahead of tomorrow’s midterm election. Plus, a conversation…

The massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, reminds us that just six months ago our own community was reeling from the deadly shooting at Oxford High School. These stories have meant so much grief and frustration with the failure to protect kids. Today on the pod, Oakland County sheriff on police responses to active shooters.

Book Beat, a bookstore in Oak Park, celebrated its 40th birthday this past weekend.

Malcolm X was a son of Lansing, where he spent some of his most formative years before becoming the iconic activist we know today. So why aren't his quotes and legacy taught much in Michigan schools, or celebrated during Black History Month?

Guns are now the leading cause of death for American children, but Michigan laws won't budge.

A few weeks ago, writer and critic Brittany Luse became the new host of the beloved NPR show It's Been A Minute. But before she became a radio and podcasting fixture, Luse was a kid growing up in Farmington Hills. On today's show, we talked with Luse about her Michigan origins, her new gig, and her career telling and producing stories from Black experience.