Are These Bugs Pestering You?
Winter weather conditions helped produce an abundance of Box Elder Bugs in Southeast Michigan. The beetle-like bugs have a black...
Head Start Programs Looking for Staff
Detroit’s largest early childhood learning program is looking for help. The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan and Head Start plan...
Brown Recluse Spider Spins its Web Throughout Most Southeast Michigan Counties
News of a nasty arachnid that’s made its way to Michigan is prompting hundreds of residents to send pictures of...
How Significant was the 1968 World Series after the 1967 Uprising?
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor & Urban Affairs In 1968 the Detroit Tigers won the World Series. It...
Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood Struggled With Ripples of July 1967
Editor's note: John Notarianni wrote and produced this report for WDET. It aired in 2007. During Detroit's civil unrest in...
How Can White People Be Better Allies in Racial Justice?
Jake Neher/WDET What can "woke" white people do -- if anything -- to promote racial justice in America? A lot,...
Water Shutoffs A Public Health Crisis?
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A panel of health professionals and civil rights activists says the water shutoffs in Detroit are creating a...
Before 1967, Black Nationalism Was Taking Root in Detroit
Editor's note: Nkenge Zola produced this report for WDET. It aired in 1997. When Detroit police raided an after-hours night...
Was Civil Unrest in 1967 Detroit a Riot or a Rebellion?
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Some Detroiters say the uprising of 1967 was more than wanton lawlessness. They say it was a backlash against...
The Detroit River: Planning a Visit? Here’s Information [MAP]
Stretching from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie while it runs between Detroit and Windsor, the Detroit River offers parks,...
Scars from 1967 Detroit Uprising Still Linger
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET This week, the city of Detroit is remembering a series of days that forever changed the iconic Motor...
EPA Employees Union Says States are in Desperate Need of Additional Funding for Water Infrastructure
The Trump Administration's proposed budget has the American Federation of Government Employees sounding an alarm. A-F-G-E represents 9-thousand Environmental Protection...