Grand Rapids Taking Big Steps to Protect Water Amid Climate Change–Is Your City?
Michigan.gov The prospect of more frequent and severe storms due to climate change could lead to increased runoff and pollution...
BOOK CLUB: Author Matthew Desmond Talks EVICTED And The Cycle Of Poverty Through Eviction
Matthew Desmond Detroit's Public Radio Station, WDET, invites metro-Detroiters to read Matthew Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City this summer. ...
Bridge Magazine: HUD Says Oakland County Engages in Discriminatory Housing Practices
Gus Navarro/WDET This week, Bridge Magazine reported that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sent a letter in...
Detroit Casinos’ Monthly Revenue Rises in May
Detroit’s three casinos' combined May revenue of $124.6 million was up 4 percent from the same month a year ago,...
Michigan Central: An Old Detroit Monolith Gets A Second Chance
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET For years, Michigan Central Station has haunted the neighborhoods of Corktown and Mexican town, looming as a...
‘The Hardest Work I’ve Ever Done’–What It’s Like Living Without Water in Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit’s water department has shut off water to tens of thousands of homes in recent years. Officials say...
Will Governor Snyder Sign a Measure that Could Kill The Medicaid Program He Created?
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET Last week the state Legislature approved a measure that would require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to work, or...
In Search of Solution to Detroit’s Water Shutoffs, Could Philly Hold the Answer?
Jake Neher/WDET Reverend Roslyn Bouier opens a door at the Brightmoor Connection Food Pantry, where a single pallet of bottled water...
HUD Secretary says Low Income Rent Increase may Not be Needed
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is backing away from a proposal to substantially raise rents on millions...
How Are Michigan Cities Like Flint Doing in 2018?
Joan Isabella/WDET It’s been over three years since we found out the people of Flint were being poisoned by their...
Robert Kennedy Brought Hope to Detroit Only Days Before His Death
A half-century ago Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles. Kennedy’s death came only a few weeks after he...
Macomb and Wayne County Executives Face Off Over Transit Impasse
Jake Neher/WDET Recently in Metro Detroit, it’s hard to tell whether regional cooperation between the city and the suburbs is at...