Providing Context for the Shooting Death by Police of an Unarmed Man in Dearborn
JJ/Creative Commons Dearborn is the first city in southeast Michigan to make news for the shooting death of an unarmed...
Governor Snyder Weighs Straight-Ticket Voting in Michigan
Pkay Chelle/Creative Commons UPDATE at 11:29am on 1/5/16 Breaking from Michigan Public Radio's Rick Pluta: Governor Rick Snyder has signed a...
Great Lakes Water Authority Officially Takes Over Operations
As of January 1, 2016 the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department and seven counties in SE Michigan officially merged operations...
WDET’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Specials
WDET's Ann Delisi and Rob Reinhart sit down together and review the year in music. Listen to the hour which includes...
Ann Delisi and Rob Reinhart’s Discuss the Essential Music of 2015
Ann Delisi, host of Essential Music on WDET (weekend days at 11 a.m.) and Rob Reinhart, host of both Essential...
WDET’s Christmas Day Specials
WDET's Ann Delisi shares some of her favorite holiday songs, featuring the voices of Dean Martin, Scarlett Johansson, Aretha Franklin,...
WDET’s Reading of The Polar Express and a Conversation with the Author
Flickr Creative Commons WDET's Laura Weber Davis speaks with "The Polar Express" author and Michigan native Chris Van Allsburg, and...
A look at Holiday Music through Movies and TV Specials
Sit back and relax as Afterglow presents some of our holiday favorites from television and film. Enjoy timeless classics performed by...
The Coverage: Detroit Bankruptcy One Year Later
In this special end-of-the-year program, WDET’s Sandra Svoboda recaps the “Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later” project and showcases some of...
Ta-Nehisi Coates Voices His Thoughts on Mass Incarceration in Detroit and Beyond
Sean Carter Photography Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote what is arguably the most important book on race in a generation. "Between The...
“Our Environment, Our Waterways”: Top Issues for the Great Lakes
To predict southeast Michigan’s environmental future, look upstream. Candice Fortman That’s what Dave Spratt, chief executive officer of the Institute...
Southeast Michigan Environmental Issues: Climate Change, Clean Energy, Safe Water
Climate change. Renewable energy. Safe drinking water. Candice Fortman Environmental attorney Nick Schroeck is concerned about all of those issues...