DeVos CARES Act Order Funnels Millions to Wealthier Private Schools
Michigan is part of a group of six states, including the District of Columbia, suing U.S. Department of Education Secretary...
DeVos CARES Act Order Funnels Millions to Wealthier Private Schools
Michigan is part of a group of six states, including the District of Columbia, suing U.S. Department of Education Secretary...
Trump’s Tax Records May Be Coming, But Likely Not Before November Election
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a major defeat in his legal battle to keep his financial...
Whitmer Directs Medical Licensees, Institutions to Incorporate Implicit Bias Training
The Coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on racial inequity within the health care system. Despite having just 14% of...
U.S. Adds 4.8 Million Jobs In June, But Mixed Indicators for Michigan
The U.S. economy added 4.8 million jobs in June after millions more were laid off due to coronavirus-related closures. "The...
WDET Book Club: “Invisible Man,” Black Lives Matter and the Politics of Ralph Ellison
WDET's Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer's selection is Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," a formative work of...
Local Hydroxychloroquine Study Shows Promising Sign in Early Stage COVID-19 Patients
An anti-malarial drug controversially touted by President Donald Trump as a preventative treatment for COVID-19 was the subject of a...
Detroit Granted $750,000 For Coronavirus Relief for Undocumented Immigrants
Detroit’s Immigration Task Force has announced a $750,000 donation that allows them to provide coronavirus relief to undocumented immigrants. The money comes...
Michigan Sues Over DeVos Move to Redirect CARES Act Funding to Private Schools
Michigan and several other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos over school funding. "This is really just...
Planned Parenthood: SCOTUS Birth Control Ruling Hurts Low-Income Women Most
The Supreme Court has upheld a Trump administration rule allowing businesses and organizations with religious objections to opt out of the Affordable Care Act's mandate...
Wayne State Doubles Graduation Rate, But More Work To Be Done
Wayne State University’s six-year graduation rate just a few years ago was 26%, the worst in the country for a...
The Big Effect of A Small Change: Capitalizing the “B” in Black
Many news outlets have historically lowercased terms describing race while capitalizing ethnicities. “Identity and labels are very, very individual and...
COVID Diaries: Love On Your Journey Because That’s Why You’re Here
101.9 WDET presents "COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience." Through WDET's StoryMakers and in partnership with Documenting Detroit, we've commissioned five documentary...