High School Sports, COVID-19 Variants Fueling Spike in New Cases in Michigan
New COVID-19 infections in the state are rising. It is being driven largely by high school sports and the presence...
WDET’s Chris Campbell Says Detroit’s Reach on Music Extends Far Beyond the City
Detroit has always been a superpower of music, with homegrown artists like Aretha Franklin, Jack White and Juan Atkins. Entire genres were born...
Former Governor Rick Snyder Loses Challenge to Flint Water Charges
A judge has rejected a request to dismiss misdemeanor charges against a former Michigan governor in the Flint water scandal....
More Parents Think Their Kids Have ADHD Now That They Are Learning From Home
Parents have learned a lot during the coronavirus pandemic about how their children learn. "Pandemic schooling" has been a very different...
Detroit Documentary Photographer Shares the Narrative that Fuels Her Art
Courtney Wise Randolph writes about Detroit's movers and shakers for Detour Detroit. Once a month, she stops by CultureShift to...
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Importance of Government Transparency
It’s Sunshine Week, a special time in government each year to take a closer look at ways our governing bodies can...
Authors of “A Place at the Table” Spread Allyship Through Food and Friendship
Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan are the co-authors of “A Place at the Table,” a middle school novel about two characters...
Now Showing at the Detroit Film Theatre: “Stray” and “The Inheritance”
CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM gives you a front row seat to the latest films playing at the Detroit Film Theatre (DFT). Jake...
Irish Immigrants Found Land, Opportunity and a Mini “Emerald Isle” in Michigan
Frank Murphy might be Michigan's best-known Irish American. He was the 55th mayor of Detroit and the state's 35th governor. President...
Paul Krugman on COVID-19 Relief, Poverty and the Future of America’s Economy
Last week President Joe Biden made history by signing the highly anticipated and hotly contested $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill...
How Pandemic Politics Have Made Public Health Response More Difficult
Throughout the pandemic, one of the biggest challenges for public health officials has been the state -- and nation’s -- toxic political...
New COVID-19 Relief Package Could Lift More Than 100,000 Michigan Kids Out of Poverty
The new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package signed into law by President Biden last week is set to dispense aid for vaccine...