New Book “Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe” Puts COVID-19 Into Broader Context of Other Crises

COVID-19 has been a generation-defining event for the entire world, but especially here in the United States where more than...

Culture D-Tour: Raffa Reuther Creates Playful, “Gender-Euphoric” Fashion For All

Courtney Wise Randolph writes about Detroit’s movers and shakers for Detour Detroit. Once a month, she stops by CultureShift to chat with a...

Detroit Charter Revision Commission Pushes Back on City, State Criticisms

Tuesday, May 11 is the deadline to decide whether Detroit voters will have a say in changing the city's governing structure...

“Destroy The Hairdresser” Podcast Explores Eliminating Tips at Hair Salons

Tipping has been a part of America’s service-based economic and cultural fabric for years. Debates have circulated around the concept...

Town Halls to Address Creating an Equitable Pandemic Recovery in Detroit

A new report details the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate effects on Black Detroit residents. The report found that Michigan has...

Detroit City Council Candidate Oneita Jackson Says DDOT Needs Improvement

Oneita Jackson is running as a write-in candidate for an at-large seat on the Detroit City Council. But she'd rather...

Former U.S. Attorney Barb McQuade Leading Initiative to Reform Policing

The Community Policing Innovations Initiative is a partnership of several foundations to support and develop community-driven, substantive and pragmatic changes in policing...

The Little-Known History of Black People in America Before 1619

The Atlantic's "Inheritance" project continues to explore Black history in America with Chapter Two: Uncovering Black History in the Places and...

“It’s Important to Reach Out to Other People”: A Retired Teacher Reflects on a Pandemic Year in Canton

This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met and issues they...

Extend Your Growing Season With a Hoop House

Subscribe where ever you listen to podcasts: Apple Podcast — Spotify — Google Play — Stitcher — TuneIn — NPR Courtesy of Tomm Becker Spring is officially here in Michigan, and...

Muslims Observe Ramadan During a Second Year of the Pandemic

This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met and issues they...

Author Vaclav Smil’s New Book Makes Sense of the World Through Numbers

Vaclav Smil is an environmental scientist, policy analyst and prolific author. He is also Bill Gates’ go-to guy for making sense...