Race, Environment and Justice: Detroit Today Previews Summer Book Club
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Water is life. It’s the very basis for life on this planet. And access to it is one...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Experts Talk Cost of Living in Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Is it realistic to expect many more people to live, raise families, or open businesses here in the...
“Halal Metropolis” Spotlights American Muslim Culture, Heritage in Southeast Michigan
Art is humanity in all of its complexities and nuances. There’s a connective power that brings together storylines, disrupts cultural...
On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone Hosts Month-Long Series on Eviction Crisis
David Waitz Housing eviction is a crisis “hiding in plain sight” across America, says WNYC's On The Media host Brooke...
State Civil Rights Chief: Grosse Pointe Should Reconsider School Closings
A couple of months ago, Detroit Today highlighted a controversy brewing in Grosse Pointe. The district in that community has been working...
Netflix Central Park Five Series Spotlights Criminal Justice Problems. We Still Haven’t Fixed Them
Jake Neher/WDET In 1989, five teenage boys from Harlem were arrested and charged with the rape and beating of a...
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Celebrates Juneteenth this Weekend
Jake Neher/WDET Everyone knows about the 4th of July. But have you ever heard of Juneteenth? The holiday’s name combines...
Salt Mines Below Detroit Inspire Local Poet to Create Techno-Inspired Choreopoem
Courtesy of jessica Care moore Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from...
Benton Harbor Community At Odds with Whitmer on Plan to Close High School
Jake Neher/WDET Benton Harbor’s school district is more than $18 million in debt, according to the Whitmer administration. The governor says if...
Designing a More Inclusive Detroit For Residents, Old and New
Jake Neher/WDET How do we make sure that investment and development in Detroit are inclusive? How do we make sure...
Foundation Looks to Redevelop Neighborhoods Experiencing Population Loss
Jake Neher/WDET A Boston-based foundation is looking to redevelop and invest in Detroit neighborhoods that aren’t yet on the city’s...
Snap Judgement Host Glynn Washington On Growing Up In A White Supremacist Cult
Glynn Washington is the host of SNAP Judgement, the storytelling program from WNYC. He stopped by Detroit Today to join host...