Dearborn elects Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for second term
Dearborn voters have elected Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for a second term. Hammoud won with more than 70% of the votes...
Nargis Hakim Rahman is the Civic Reporter at 101.9 WDET. She works with the Documenters program to increase civic engagement. Rahman graduated from Wayne State University, where she was a part of the Journalism Institute of Media Diversity. Rahman started as an intern at WDET in 2010. She participated in the Feet in Two Worlds food journalism fellowship with WDET's Detroit Storymakers project in 2018.
Rahman is a Bangladeshi American who was raised in Metro Detroit. She is passionate about community journalism in the Greater Detroit area. She hopes to give American Muslims and minorities a voice in the press.
Dearborn elects Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for second term
Dearborn voters have elected Mayor Abdullah Hammoud for a second term. Hammoud won with more than 70% of the votes...
Detroit Evening Report: FBI charges two men in alleged terrorism plot
Two men have been charged with alleged terrorism-related crimes after federal authorities made arrests and seized weapons last week from...
Dearborn voters to choose between incumbent Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, challenger Nagi Almudhegi for mayor
On Nov. 4, Dearborn residents will vote for mayor of the city. Current mayor Abdullah Hammoud is running for a...
Hamtramck mayoral candidate Adam Alharbi hopes to unite residents, overcoming cultural differences
Adam Alharbi, 44, is an engineer for the Department of Commerce. He’s running for Hamtramck mayor to improve the place...
Lynn Blasey runs as write-in candidate for Hamtramck mayor as alternative choice
Lynn Blasey, 42, is a write in candidate for Hamtramck mayor. She says she decided to run after community members...
Detroit Evening Report: Air quality report shows impact of pollution in Dearborn
Dearborn's Department of Public Health published a report on its Air Quality Project. Health Director Ali Abazeed says over a million air quality...
Hamtramck City Councilman Muhith Mahmood runs for mayor amid city council investigations
Hamtramck City Councilman Muhith Mahmood, 52, is running for mayor in Hamtramck. If elected, Mahmood would become the first Bangladeshi...
Detroit Evening Report: No Kings rally protests anti-immigration
Over ten thousand people rallied in Detroit on Saturday for the No Kings Protest. The event started in Roosevelt Park...
Detroit Evening Report: Mayoral debate this Wednesday
Detroit’s mayoral candidates have their only scheduled debate this week. The Reverand Solomon Kinloch faces City Council President Mary Sheffield...
Detroit Evening Report: Global Detroit launches leadership program for BIPOC, immigrants
Global Detroit is launching the New American Leadership Academy. It’s a free leadership program to empower people of color, with...
Detroit Evening Report: Flags at half-staff following Grand Blanc attack
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered public buildings to fly flags at half-staff in memory of those who were killed in...
CuriosiD: What happened to the Chamberlain Bakery in Southwest Detroit?
WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Martha...