Detroit Celebrates Brazilian Culture and Food on Sept. 14
The third annual Brazilian Day Street Festival Michigan is happening on Saturday, Sept. 14 on Detroit's east side. Founder and...
Detroit v. Mercedes? The Copyright Case that Could Affect Public Art Globally
It’s a court case out of Detroit that has the art world at-large paying attention. Earlier this year in March,...
Wayne County Prosecutors to Review 300 Cases Involving Claims of Innocence
Editor's note: This post and headline has been updated to include more information on what the Wayne County Commission will...
Gov. Whitmer Said Roads and Budget Were “Inseverable.” Two Weeks Later, That’s Changed
Recently on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said the budget and roads were “inseverable” and it would be "foolish to...
Is Newark The Next Flint?
Jake Neher/WDET Residents have been lining up Newark, New Jersey to get their bottles of water after testing revealed lead in the...
Local Musician Ryan Neal Releases EP Produced in Solitude in Nova Scotia
Local musician Ryan Neal took a roundabout path to producing music. "I was into sports before, was the first thing...
Historic Detroit Church’s Bell Tower, Famous After Shipwreck, Under Renovation
On November 10, 1975, as news of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck circulated, Rev. Richard Ingalls, pastor of Mariners’ Church of...
Detroit SheTown Film Festival Returns to Celebrate Stories by Women
In Detroit during the 1920s and ‘30s, women began replacing men in the auto plant, handling drill presses, internal grinders, and...
New Performance Series Honors Black Women and Pleasure in Domestic Spaces
A new performance series coming to the Detroit Artists Market questions how freedom and pleasure manifest for black women at home....
Former GOP Lawmaker Phil Pavlov Weighs Run for Congress
There will soon be an open congressional seat in Michigan's 10th District, which represents much of Macomb County and Michigan's...
Big Tobacco Chains Want a Piece of Michigan’s Pot Market, But State Deals Blow
Now that Michigan has legalized recreational marijuana, there is a mad scramble unfolding over who will dominate what could be...
Why You Should Care About UAW Contracts, Which Expire This Week
Editor's note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. United Auto Workers contracts with Ford,...