“We’re the Richest Democracy With the Worst Poverty,” says EVICTED Author Matthew Desmond
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson has spent much of 2018 reading with listeners, discussing some...
Former Head Of ACLU Of Michigan Talks About Her Big Year
Jake Neher/WDET Over two decades, Kary Moss turned the ACLU of Michigan from a tiny office in the Book Building...
Flint Native Tunde Olaniran Reflects on Big Year for His Music
Gus Navarro/WDET Our region has been known for generations as a hub of innovation in music. Artists from our area...
Black And Republican: What The Party Is (Or Isn’t) Doing To Attract Voters Of Color
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET A recent article on FiveThirtyEight.com asks the question, “Have Republicans Given Up on Winning Black Voters?” Author Perry...
Trump Rule Change Could Hurt Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants in SE Michigan
Gracie Xavier, Michigan Global Talent Retention Initiative Over the past few years, we’ve had an intense debate in this country...
What Is Wayne State’s Role In Building Detroit’s Future?
Jake Neher/WDET Wayne State University powers a big part of Detroit’s economy, and has always done so. But as the...
Big Changes in Detroit’s Restaurant Scene, Including A Farewell to Hard Rock Cafe
Jake Neher/WDET As business and activity continues to expand in Downtown Detroit, the city’s food and restaurant industry is growing...
GM Decision on Poletown Plant Dredges Up Painful History in Hamtramck, Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Thirty-eight years ago, the cities of Hamtramck and Detroit helped demolish a neighborhood to make way for the...
How Newspaper Ads Helped Perpetuate Slavery in Colonial America
Adverts 250 Healthy Negro Lad. About Seventeen years of age. To be sold. Esquire of the printers....
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Marines in Death of Michigan Muslim Recruit
mcrdpi.marines.mil In 2016 Taylor native Raheel Siddiqui fell to his death from a third story building…after he was injured during...
Malcolm Gladwell is Not A Fan of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Oakland University Malcolm Gladwell is a noted author and journalist whose podcast, Revisionist History, takes a look at the misunderstood and...
Recreational Pot in Michigan — What Happens Next?
Jake Neher/WDET The great pot legalization debate is over in Michigan -- at least for now. Voters have spoken, and we will...