Detroit Evening Report: Jeremiah Steen to fill vacant seat on Detroit school board
The Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education has appointed 25-year-old youth advocate Jeremiah Steen to serve on the...
Nargis Hakim Rahman is a Reporter at 101.9 WDET. She works with the Detroit Documenters program to increase civic engagement. She's also a producer, weekend anchor, and a co-host of the Detroit Evening Report.
Rahman graduated from Wayne State University with a Bachelor's in Journalism and a Master's in Media Arts & Studies. She is an alumna of the Journalism Institute for 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.
City of Detroit works to improve language access ordinance compliance
The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center raised an alarm about the city of Detroit failing to comply with the language access...
The Detroit Evening Report: ACCESS hosts back-to-school health fair
The Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, or ACCESS, is hosting its 11th annual Back to School Health...
Older adults are unaware of 9-8-8 helpline, study finds
Note: The following story mentions suicide. The National Poll on Healthy Aging recently surveyed adults 50 and up to find out...
Michigan farm workers face increased anxiety over detention, deportation
The United Farm Workers Foundation (UFW), which advocates for farm workers and immigrants in the U.S., recently released a survey...
Detroit Evening Report: Survey finds that Michigan farmworkers fear ICE raids, deportation
The United Farm Workers Foundation, which advocates for farm workers and immigrants in the U.S., recently released a survey finding...
American Muslim Experience documentary project collects stories in Michigan
Documentary photographer Syed Yaqeen is the founder of the American Muslim Experience documentary project. He created the project to preserve...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan reports two deaths due to cyclosporiasis
Michigan is reporting the first two fatalities among people suffering from the disease cyclosporiasis. Officials say medical records indicate the people had significant underlying health conditions....
Detroit Evening Report: FEMA awards reimbursements for winter storm recovery efforts
FEMA has awarded a total of $15.8 million dollars in reimbursements to several Michigan entities as part of the recovery stemming from...
CuriosiD: Who plays cricket in Detroit?
In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Fatema Haque asks the question: Who is playing cricket in Detroit? The short answer Cricket is...
Detroit Evening Report: Wildfire smoke expected to linger, take precautions says Detroit Health Department
The Detroit Health Department says people should continue to plan for poor air quality from Canadian wildfires. Yesterday, the Michigan...
DER Weekends: Pathways for first-gen students at the University of Detroit Mercy
Dean Dr. Ahmed Radwan of the College of Health Professions at the University of Detroit Mercy is hoping to bring...
