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Money and lobbying help shield lab-developed tests, including prenatal screenings, from heightened federal scrutiny. → Read More
Experts say that more money is critical to improving the national system. Many states have developed creative solutions in spite of their limited funding → Read More
The nation’s approach to adult education has so far neglected to connect the millions of people struggling to read with the programs set up to help them. → Read More
Nearly 200 Afghan children brought here without family by the U.S. government during the haphazard military pullout are languishing in federal custody. → Read More
Typically, after the first Tuesday in November, exhausted political reporters might expect to catch their breath. This year—as a sitting president and his allies used a flurry of lawsuits, recounts, and accusatory rhetoric to try to overturn the voting results—Election Day was only the beginning, especially for journalists in swing states like Michigan. “It’s been […] → Read More
As a new intern at the Plain Dealer, Scott Stephens signed his first union card in the summer of 1981. It was a good time to be a journalist in Cleveland. The Sunday edition was several hundred pages long and included a glossy weekend magazine. The first-year pay scale, $305 a week, “seemed like a […] → Read More
Ramon Ward was exonerated thanks to a new system of reinvestigating old cases. He hopes he’s not the last. → Read More
Preservationists are finally rallying to save what were once “the heartbeat" of black communities—like Hamtramck Stadium, the home of the Detroit Stars. → Read More
One hundred years ago, Henry Ford bought a newspaper in Dearborn, Michigan, and used it to publish an anti-Semitic 91-part series called “The International Jew.” The centennial for Ford’s stint as a media mogul cued a local magazine to put together an 11-page package that re-examined Ford’s bigotry and traced its influence to modern-day white […] → Read More
Here is the usual path for an aspiring sportswriter: start by covering high schools. Think crosstown rivalries. Homecoming games. Friday night lights. After a few years, you’ll get a shot at the bigtime college and pro beats. Mick McCabe didn’t do it like that. He’s covered high school sports for 49 years and counting—a remarkably […] → Read More
The director of the state's Department of Health and Human Services will face trial for his role in the city's water crisis. He still leads a department with over 14,000 employees and a $24 billion annual budget. → Read More
When the people of Flint, Michigan, complained that their tap water smelled bad and made children sick, it took officials 18 months to accept there was a problem → Read More
Next City contributor Anna Clark recounts how a brave professor and determined activist tirelessly worked to expose government negligence and bring national coverage to a population of people poisoned by their own water supply. → Read More
The long read: When the people of Flint, Michigan, complained that their tap water smelled bad and made children sick, it took officials 18 months to accept there was a problem → Read More
Legacy news outlets have a unique mission to serve the public good. Their very names offer up a litany of place and purpose: the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Charlotte Observer, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Detroit Free Press, the Elkhart Truth. That makes the recent news of layoffs, cuts, buyouts, and closures not just sad, but […] → Read More
AUSTIN JONATZKE of Stevensville, Michigan, didn’t live a long life, but his family wants you to know how meaningful it was. He adored his redheaded nieces and nephew. He fished, camped, and cheered for the Dallas Cowboys. He had a kind heart. His family also wants you to know that when he died at age […] → Read More
Gun violence is more frequent and far deadlier than the riots of the 1960s. So why aren’t we treating it with the same seriousness? → Read More
It’s not often that The Blade in Toledo, Ohio, takes an all-hands-on-deck approach to a national story rooted in a city nearly 550 miles away. But it happened this week. A large rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly on Saturday, when a man in a Dodge Challenger drove into a crowd of […] → Read More
It’s not often that The Blade in Toledo, Ohio, takes an all-hands-on-deck approach to a national story rooted in a city nearly 550 miles away. But it happened this week. A large rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly on Saturday, when a man in a Dodge Challenger drove into a crowd of […] → Read More
What she'll bring from her work in Philadelphia and Charlotte. → Read More