New Study: Half of Black-Owned Small Businesses Have Closed During The Pandemic
The economic devastation of COVID-19 has been especially concentrated in communities of color. That fact is even clearer now with...
MSU Researchers Say Racial Wage Gap Narrrows in the South, Widens in the North
A new report conducted by Michigan State University economists Charles Ballard and John H. Goddeeris has exposed some surprising and...
Sierra Club, Environmental Groups Tackle Lack of Diversity In Leadership
There’s a long overdue social and cultural reckoning unfolding in this country, and a key part of it is looking head-on...
Environmental Racism Is A Public Health Problem, Too
WDET’s Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer’s selection is Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” a formative...
MichMash: Michigan’s Juvenile Justice Policies Get Poor Marks from Advocates
The new school year comes with a lot of uncertainty for parents and students. Juvenile justice advocates are trying to...
Orville Hubbard. Lewis Cass. What Happens When Michigan’s Problematic Past Catches Up?
America’s problematic past of racism, slavery and systemic oppression often finds itself fossilized in our street names, statues and buildings...
Gov. Whitmer Pledges to Address Systemic Racism In Michigan
Michigan is at a critical point for its ability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. For weeks, the state has been...
Resident Calls for Name Change of Indian Village, Historic Detroit Neighborhood
There’s a call to change the name of a historic Detroit neighborhood. Since the 19th century, Indian Village on the...
African American Teen Jailed for Not Completing Homework Exemplifies Larger Problem
A Groves High School student who spent 78 days in Children’s Village, a juvenile detention center, for violating one of...
Tlaib vs. Jones: 13th Congressional Primary Pits “Squad” Member Against City Council President
Colin Jackson In a modest Detroit neighborhood, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is campaigning door-to-door. It’s part of Michigan’s 13th Congressional district,...
Watch a Short Film On the Black Woman Who Integrated the Boblo Boats
On a summer day in 1945, Sarah Elizabeth Ray stood up for something because she wasn’t allowed to sit down....
How Detroit’s Industrial History Set the Stage for the Auto Business
The city of Detroit has been an economic driver of the American economy for a long time. Detroit author and...