When Being “American” Becomes Divisive
Jake Neher/WDET What label, if any, defines you as a member of society? A progressive or conservative? A gun owner or...
When Being “American” Becomes Divisive
Jake Neher/WDET What label, if any, defines you as a member of society? A progressive or conservative? A gun owner or...
Is Detroit Part of The Midwest? A Tweet Sparks Furor
Last Wednesday, a tweet shared by the New York Times’ Jonathan Weisman sparked a furor online. It essentially said that Detroit’s Rashida...
From Underground Wonders to True Crime, Detroit’s Source Booksellers Highlights Summer Reads
Reading makes us stop and pay attention to what’s happening in life. That’s the message expressed when talking to Janet...
Sam’s Jams: Jackie Dee “Who”
WDET Dave Hamilton was a producer and musician in Detroit who worked as a session musician at Motown during the...
Detroit Dirt’s Pashon Murray Celebrates Progress Towards a More Sustainable Community
Detroit Dirt co-founder, Pashon Murray, talks with Ann Delisi about how easy it is to compost and how critical it...
2020 Presidential Hullabaloo Eclipsing Upcoming Local Elections in Michigan
WDET Digital Democratic candidates for president in 2020 descended on Michigan for the second round of debates in Detroit this...
Carlos Nielbock Came to Detroit Looking For His Father and Never Left
101.9 WDET presents Season 3 of the Twisted Storytellers Podcast. The podcast features a diverse cast of Detroit area storytellers who...
The Complicated Legacy of Oakland County’s Longtime Executive, L. Brooks Patterson
Laura Weber Davis/WDET L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County’s longtime executive, passed away early Saturday morning at the age of 80. Patterson...
Metro Detroit Remembers L. Brooks Patterson, Colorful and Controversial Oakland County Executive, Dead at 80
The Unexpected Goodbye Patterson broke the news about his condition a hastily-called press conference in March. The brash Patterson...
Biden and Harris, Bruised During Debate, take Campaigns to Detroit Streets
Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, among the frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nomination in many...
Inmates’ Passion for Literacy Revealed Through Tutoring Program
Words No Bars Can Hold Do you remember learning to read? It’s as if a whole world opens up and...
The Dark History of Father Coughlin’s Pro-Fascist, Anti-Semitic Radio Show
Kate Swift/WDET Father Charles Coughlin was the founding priest of National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica Catholic Church in...