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...
1967 Was Decades Before They Were Born
With the 50th anniversary of the civil disturbance in Detroit happening this year, we've been hearing a lot of oral...
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “It seems like fewer of us make it now.”
In 1967, Bill Williams was a teenager living with his extended family not far from the intersection of 12th Street and...
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...
Federal Judge Issues Injunction Stopping Iraqi Deportations
A federal judge in Detroit is issuing a preliminary injunction halting the deportation of Iraqi nationals from the U.S. The...
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...
Scars from 1967 Uprising Still Fresh for Some Detroiters
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET This week the city of Detroit is remembering a series of days that forever changed the iconic Motor...
Detroit Police Officers Charged in 1967 after Algiers Motel Incident
Editor's note: Heidi Ausgood filed this story for WDET in 2007. The 1967 Detroit riot left 43 people dead. Of...
August 1967 Editorial: Letter to My Soul Brothers
The Michigan Chronicle is the state’s largest black newspaper. It was established in 1932. By July 1967, it was well established...
Stunned by Violence, Detroit Tigers Players Worked to Restore Peace in July 1967
Editor's note: John Farrup filed this story for WDET in 2007. In 1967, the Detroit Tigers were primed for a...
NPR Host Michel Martin on Letting Go of ‘Delusions’ of 1967 Uprising [VIDEO]
Jake Neher/WDET Over the last two-and-a-half decades, few broadcast journalists have done more to give voice to underrepresented communities in...