Are Controversial Programs in Detroit Actually Reducing Crime?
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit’s Project Green Light now has 500 businesses signed up around the city. Mayor Mike Duggan, Police Chief...
160 Years Ago A Meeting In Detroit Helped Set the Course of American History
Penguin Random House 160 years ago, abolitionist John Brown came to Detroit with 11 former slaves seeking freedom across the...
Ahead of ‘Classical Roots’ Performance, DSO African American Fellows Talk POC in Classical Music
Sydney Spaw/WDET As the Detroit Symphony Orchestra prepares for its 41st annual Classical Roots Celebration, DSO musicians are reaching out...
A Detroit Woman is Teaching People in Brooklyn How to Buy Real Estate in Detroit
Asia Denson stands in front of a group of people in a conference room at a Hilton Hotel in Brooklyn,...
Duggan Tries to Make Case City’s Comeback Equitable, Reaching Neighborhoods
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan gave his sixth State of the City speech on Tuesday. Duggan, as he does...
Effort Underway to Save Hamtramck Stadium with Help from Jack White
Jake Neher/WDET Hamtramck Stadium is one of the few remaining Negro League ballparks in America. There’s now an effort underway...
‘Is This Really Happening Right Now?’ Rep. Lawrence Reacts to Attempt to Prove Trump Not Racist
Brenda Lawrence This week’s testimony from President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was riveting enough. But later...
The ‘Silent Fight’ for Representation in Hip Hop for Women, LGBTQ Community
Gus Navarro/WDET Hip hop is one of America's most prominent art forms of empowerment. But it has also struggled with misogyny...
Detroit Photographer Bre’Ann White’s New Photo Exhibit is Stunning
Bre'Ann White Click the audio player above to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on WDET 101.9FM Detroit public radio. Detroit photographer...
Detroit Future City: Black Middle Class Under Siege, But Opportunities Exist
Jake Neher/WDET A new report by Detroit Future City tells us some really interesting, and frankly disturbing, things about the city’s...
Should Michigan Raise the Tobacco Age to 21?
Jake Neher/WDET As some states begin to liberalize cannabis laws, many of the same states are further restricting access to tobacco. California,...
Author Bridgett Davis Discusses ‘The World According to Fannie Davis,’ Numbers Running in Detroit
Joan Isabella/WDET Fannie Davis was a numbers runner in Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s, before the legal lottery began....