Detroit Evening Report: Proposal seeks to improve representation on Dearborn’s city council
The group Dearborn Wants Wards has been pushing for districted elections in Dearborn. The measure is now officially on the...
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.
Detroit Evening Report: Ford moves world headquarters
Ford Motor Company announced Monday that its moving its headquarters for the first time in 70 years. The new headquarters...
Detroit Evening Report: 988 day raises awareness for mental health hotline
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is joining the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to raise...
DER Weekends: New brunch spot Haus of Brunch offers halal soul and Middle Eastern food
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we speak with Maher Obeid, owner of a new halal brunch spot...
The Shifa Institute spreads mental health awareness across college campuses
The Shifa Institute hosts Islamic psychoeducation workshops across community centers and college campuses as students return to school.At a recent...
Detroit Evening Report: CAIR Michigan says Wayne State campus silences free speech
The Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) declared Wayne State University as a hostile campus for...
Detroit Evening Report: New MDHHS program offers free Medicare counseling
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services launches Medicare support program The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS)...
Detroit Evening Report: DIA announces first Native American exhibit in 30 years
In this episode of The Detroit Evening Report, we cover an upcoming exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts centered around...
Detroit Evening Report: Alessandra Carreon to lead climate office at EGLE
EGLE welcomes new chief climate officerThe Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has appointed Alessandra Carreon as...
Detroit Evening Report: 8,000 homes demolished in Detroit cleanup effort
Detroit marks 8,000th demolition under Proposal NThe City of Detroit recently celebrated its 8,000th demolition under Proposal N. The proposal...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit seeking residents affected by June 2021 floods for sewer repair program
The city of Detroit is notifying people about a free sewer repair program for residents who experienced basement flooding in...
Detroit Evening Report: Older adults outnumber children in nearly half of US counties, data shows
The U.S. Census Bureau released new data showing the population of adults 65 and older is increasing, while the population...