Winter Blast, Auto Show and MLK Activities
Winter Blast This is the last year families can check out the North American International Auto Show in the winter...
Sascha Raiyn reports on education, children and families at 101.9 WDET. She has worked as a reporter/producer for the WSHU Public Radio Group serving Connecticut and New York, as an Investigative News Producer for WJBK Fox 2 and at the Detroit Free Press.
She is a native Detroiter who grew up listening to news and music programming on 101.9 WDET. She studied at the University of Michigan Dearborn.
Local Social Worker and Activist Goes Missing in Peru
Castro A coalition of community organizations is working to support a search for a Detroit woman who has gone missing...
Where will the cool kids be this month? Metro Parent’s list of things to do in December
Thanksgiving is over and the holiday season has begun. That means there’s plenty to do. Metro Parent Magazine manages a...
StoryCorps Detroit Special 2018
This is a special hour of StoryCorps pieces recorded right here in Detroit and produced by WDET. Click on the...
The Holly Dickens Festival and Free Day at Michigan Science Center
America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a must-do on many family bucket lists. But there are many other fun events this...
Chanucon and English-Arabic Storytime
Several events in Metro Detroit this weekend give children a chance to explore their own culture – or someone else’s....
Tlaib Wins Michigan’s 13th Congressional Race
Rashida Tlaib is going to Congress. She will represent Michigan’s 13th Congressional District in the U.S. House. That seat was held...
Detroit School Board Candidates
Two seats on Detroit’s public school board are up for grabs in next week’s election. In the Detroit Public Schools...
Providing Teachers With the Tools to Discuss #METOO
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s Teaching Tolerance project develops resources for teachers and others who work with children to discuss...
Making Detroit the “Best Place to Raise a Family in One Generation”
The Detroit Children’s Fund is investing in a plan to overhaul education in the city. Executive Director Jack Elsey says...
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: How I Became Muslim
StoryCorps Lehman Robinson converted to Islam when he was a teenager working at a secular Michigan summer camp. In...
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: Someone I Could Be Myself With
StoryCorps Detroiter Spencer Barefield first met his wife, Barbara, while playing at Cobb’s Corner, a now shuttered jazz...