The University of Michigan is struggling to balance safety and fairness in responding to reports of sexual assault. But an evolving disciplinary process and new standards of evidence leave many confused. Talk about blurred lines.
Nancy Derringer
Nancy Nall Derringer is a former reporter at Bridge
Posted inTalent & Education
Two U-M sexual assault cases, little satisfaction
In one case, a female student waited four years before her assailant, a U-M football player, was punished. In another, a male student says he was falsely accused, then tarred by an overzealous court at the university.
Posted inMichigan Government
Is Michigan now officially a red state?
What was once a state of solid Democratic majorities is undeniably moving in another direction, and has been for two decades. What might lie along that road?
Posted inMichigan Government
GOP hunts votes in the D
The Republican National Committee opened an African-American engagement office in overwhelmingly Democratic Detroit. Early returns are a bit fuzzy.
Posted inUrban Affairs
In a gentrifying Detroit, an uneasy migration of urban millennials
Is gentrification a bad thing? Is it even happening downtown? The answers depend on your perspective, and perhaps your bank account.
Posted inUrban Affairs
You can’t spell gentrification without gentry
What is this thing called gentrification – displacement or improvement?
Posted inUrban Affairs
Benchmark: Livability
A city’s quality of life can be hard to define, but a few steps forward could give Detroit residents a warm feeling about the future.
Posted inMichigan Government
Political reformers, with hardly a friend across the aisle, press on in Michigan
Redistricting reform, election reform and finance reform all have their supporters in Michigan, but most have Ds after their name.
Posted inMichigan Government
3 hot political reforms not heading Michigan’s way
Efforts aimed at making voting easier, races more competitive and political money easier to track are gaining steam elsewhere.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Among an influx of scholars, an emerging new face of Michigan
The state’s colleges and universities – and even its high schools – are magnets for international students. Can they be persuaded to stay?