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Dzanc House in Ypsilanti is a home and hub for literary and cultural arts programming for all ages. For this week's "On the Ground Ypsi," Rylee Barnsdale spoke with creative director Amanda May Moore about the latest program offerings and a new artist-in-residency program.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on this week's school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and asks if we're putting blame in the right places.

Just how pervasive are plastics in our lives? Try and live just a week without any. That’s the notion behind the Ypsi Plastic Free July Challenge. It is put forth by Zerowaste.org and runs through August 1st. WEMU's David Fair spoke with Zerowaste.org co-founder and deputy director, Lydia McMullen-Laird, about this year’s challenge and some tips on how best to reduce the use of plastics in our homes.

Repeated hands-on phone use while driving could lead to a license suspension. That's under bills that got a Michigan Senate committee hearing Thursday. Colin Jackson has more.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elora Mukherjee of Columbia Law about the impact of the U.S. visa policy reversal on international students and what's at stake beyond elite universities.

Testing pregnant people's blood to look at free-floating DNA can tell doctors about the health of the fetus. But these tests sometime turn up DNA that might be shed by cancerous cells.

Last week, an attack on an American military outpost in Jordan killed three U.S. soldiers and injured dozens more. This base raises the question of why American troops are stationed in this region.

Local and renowned artist, ceramist and professor Susanne Stephens’ career spans seven decades. In this second of a two-part series, we meet Patti Smith, who is on the team helping Susanne archive and catalog her works. What’s Patti’s interest and what is the job of a collection’s manager? We find out when Patti joins Deb Polich on this edition of "creative:impact."

Scott Simon speaks to Rachel Weiskittle, a psychologist specializing in the aging process, about the impact loneliness has had on elderly people during the pandemic.

Nearly 2 million people have been displaced in Gaza, many living without sanitation, adequate food or water. Now, tents and materials to make shelters are in short supply, and prices are soaring.