Detroit Evening Report: Twice as many Black and poor students held back under Michigan reading law
Black third grade students and those from low-income homes are twice as likely to be held back under Michigan's Read...
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.
Wayne State reflection rooms create space for students and faculty to reflect
Reflection Rooms are for people to reflect, meditate or pray and focus on mindfulness. Wayne State University's Dean of Students...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan health department aims to expand mental health care for children in foster homes, juvenile jail
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is expanding its services for behavioral needs for kids in foster care...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit city council retracts approval of $49 million paratransit contract
Paratransit in Detroit faces an uncertain future as city officials voted against working with a long-time service provider. Listen and...
Detroit Documenters ride the bus to shed light on DDOT conditions
Civic news organization Detroit Documenters got a unique opportunity to learn firsthand how Detroiters ride the bus for school, work...
Detroit Evening Report: Three Detroit police officers suspended after fatal shooting of Kiazia Miller
Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report NPR | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Last week, 27-year-old...
SER Metro-Detroit partners with AT&T to close the digital divide
This month, SER Metro-Detroit celebrated the opening of an AT&T Connected Learning Center. It’s part of AT&T’s $2 billion dollar...
Tlaib wins re-election in Michigan’s 12th Congressional District
This week, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib won re-election in the newly redrawn 12th Congressional District, which includes parts of parts of...
Detroit Evening Report: MI health department awards $7 million to control lead hazards in low-income communities
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has awarded $7 million in grants to curb and control lead...
Congressman Dan Kildee seeks re-election in redrawn 8th Congressional District
Congressman Dan Kildee represents Michigan's current 5th Congressional District. Now he is running for the redrawn 8th district, which encompasses...
Detroit Evening Report: Medical report finds Detroit police shot Porter Burks 19 times, family suing for $50 million
The family of Porter Burks, a Black man fatally shot during an early morning confrontation with Detroit police, is suing...
Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference provides tools for difficult conversations
The annual Images and Perceptions Diversity Conference brings people from diverse communities into one room to talk about commonalities, challenges...