Created Equal, Season 2: Warnings of a Crisis in Flint Go Ignored
WDET's "Created Equal" Season 2 focuses on the Flint Water Crisis and the elected officials, health care and environmental experts, and...
Your Guide to Sensory-Friendly Spaces for Autistic Kids in Metro Detroit
In 2018, Dionne O’Dell attended The Big Umbrella Festival in New York, a festival that welcomed artists who shared an interest...
This Company is Designing Reusable Packaging For Major Corporations
Household products, toiletries, food, and more currently utilize single-use plastic containers and wrappers that end up in the trash. One...
Changing Attitudes Toward Death: Health Care, Grief and End-of-Life Planning
Jake Neher/WDET With all the constant reminders of the things that divide us, there’s one thing that all of us have...
Detroit Lifestyle Blogger and Hijabi Model Tells All in ‘Unashamed’ Memoir
Divorce and anger prompted Leah Vernon, a Detroit fashion blogger and lifestyle model, to pen "Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim." “Put trauma...
Everything You Need to Know About WDET’s Detroit StoryMakers Fellowship
101.9 WDET is now accepting applications for its Detroit StoryMakers Fall/Winter Fellowship. The paid fellowship will provide a new path...
Under the Radar Michigan, Launching Season 10 This Week, List Favorite Rest Stops, Fall Activities
Jake Neher/WDET Everyone’s favorite Michigan travel show on public television kicks off it’s tenth season on Thursday. Under the Radar...
Get Help With Tax Issues, Overdue Utility Bills At Free Event Today
The Detroit office of the Internal Revenue Service is working with other government agencies to hold a tax assistance event. ...
UAW Strike Cost Michigan $18.5 Million In Lost Income Taxes, Wages
The month-long United Auto Workers strike against General Motors has taken a big economic and personal toll in Michigan and...
This is How Whitmer’s (Nearly) Billion Dollar Budget Cuts Affect You
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers are starting the process of restoring some funding Whitmer vetoed in the new state budget....
Half of All Black Kids in Michigan Live in Concentrated Poverty
Jake Neher/WDET A new study on childhood poverty was recently released by the Annie E Casey Foundation. In it, African-American and...
When Miles Davis Walked the Streets of Detroit
wdet In 1953, Miles Davis moved to Detroit for a months-long residency at the Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s...