New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s New Book Explores Monuments, Race
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu made national headlines last year when he had the confederate statues in his city removed....
RFK the Day After MLK Died: A Warning that Still Resonates
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET On the evening that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago, Sen. Robert Kennedy gave...
Trump’s Border Fixation and What It Means for Immigrants
Jake Neher/WDET Immigration continues to be a hotly debated subject in the United States -- DACA, the proposed border wall, and now a group...
Is Sam Austins Detroit’s Next Big Thing?
Courtesy of Assemble Sound It's hard not to fall in love with to Detroit's own Sam Austins. Last year, the 21-year old released...
Scientists Plan Real Time Analysis of Water Conditions in Lake Erie
Canada’s federal government is stepping up funding for programs to monitor the health of the water in the Great...
If Kid Rock Can Do It, So Can You: How to Get Your House Blurred on Google Street View
If you make a virtual visit to a certain residential street on Detroit’s east side using Google’s Instant Street View,...
Hazel Park Raceway Closes Its Doors With Little Notice
Eli Newman/ WDET After 70 years, the Hazel Park Raceway is set to close. In an unexpected turn of events,...
Of Myths and Men: When the Tigers Didn’t Save Detroit
When the Detroit Tigers won the World Series in 1968, many considered it a godsend to a city that was scarred...
His Work Was Just Beginning: Looking Back at the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
April 4th marks the 50th anniversary of the death of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. The news that...
Nestle’s Permit to Increase Groundwater Pumping in Michigan Approved
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Nestle will be able to increase the amount of water it can take from a well in...
How Fundamental Is Race to Our Understanding of Ourselves and Our Politics?
Jake Neher/WDET Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Ahead of that anniversary, Detroit Today explores the concept of...
At least One Michigan Industry Could Take a Hit from China’s New Tariffs
A move by China to increase tariffs on U-S pork products may hurt some Michigan farmers. The 25-percent increase on...