News Junkies Roundup: Downtown Traffic, Bentivolio’s Bankruptcy, And Voting At 16
A weekly panel of news junkies dissects the latest headlines. Topics include the weekend's crazy downtown traffic, Former Congressman Bentivolio filing...
Detroit Youth Poets Perform MLK Remembrance Poem
WDET Every year teen poets from the InsideOut Literary Arts Project write and perform a poem about race, society and civil rights,...
Youth Poet on the Strength and Frustration of “Detroit”
In our continuing series “Inheriting Detroit," which looks at aspects of life in Detroit through the eyes of youth poets,...
Youth Poet on “Lumberjacks” and Family Trees
This Sunday is Father’s Day. More than 10 percent of households with children in Detroit are headed up by single...
Youth Poet Celebrates a “Sacred Woman”
This Sunday is Mother's Day. Motherhood is particularly significant in the city of Detroit, where about 60 percent of households with children...
Brave New Voices: Meet The Team!
The 2013 Slam Team is comprised of members of iO's award-winning after-school program Citywide Poets along with youth poets who...
Local Youth Poet Talks About “Church Folk”
Churchgoers throughout the region will flood local places of worship this Easter Sunday. There are hundreds of churches of all...
Crusading For A More Mathematically Literate Community
From LaToniya Jones' vantage point as Chair of Developmental Education at Baker College's Auburn Hills campus, the nation's schools are...