Playwright And MacArthur Award Winner Dominique Morisseau Returns Home To Detroit For “Pipeline”
Dominique Morisseau is a world-renowned playwright who was awarded a MacArthur Genius award this year. She’s also a native of Detroit...
Postcards from Hamtramck: A Shopping Cart to the the World
Established 18 years ago, Al-Haramine International Foods caters to the region’s diverse and growing immigrant population. They sell Yemeni, Bangladeshi, Indian, Polish,...
Detroit Today Hosts Robust Conversation on Housing Insecurity in Final Book Club Event
In 2018, Detroit Today hosted a summer community read of Matthew Desmond's book "Evicted", a Pulitzer Prize winning look at poverty and...
CuriosiD: Detroit’s Citywide Address Change and the Search for 203 Pingree
Listener Kathy Hall Knall has a question about a home from her family's past in Detroit: My father grew up...
“We’re the Richest Democracy With the Worst Poverty,” says EVICTED Author Matthew Desmond
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson has spent much of 2018 reading with listeners, discussing some...
Former Head Of ACLU Of Michigan Talks About Her Big Year
Jake Neher/WDET Over two decades, Kary Moss turned the ACLU of Michigan from a tiny office in the Book Building...
‘World’s Smartest Intersection’ in Detroit: Like Adding a Smartphone on Traffic Lights
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Imagine a traffic light that stays yellow long enough for cyclists or pedestrians to get across, no matter...
Flint Native Tunde Olaniran Reflects on Big Year for His Music
Gus Navarro/WDET Our region has been known for generations as a hub of innovation in music. Artists from our area...
Take a Glimpse Into the Lives of Corktown Residents
Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press It’s no secret that Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood will soon undergo a profound economic transformation. Ford...
Two Oases in Highland Park’s Restaurant Desert
As highlighted in a WDET story yesterday, Highland Park, Mich. doesn’t have a bar (though a couple are now in...
Highland Park Doesn’t Have a Bar
If you want to get a beer in Highland Park you can go to a party store, you can go...
Former Pharmacy School Bows-Out for New Housing Development
Alex McLenon Efforts are now underway to tear down Shapero Hall — the former home of Wayne State University's pharmacy program. ...