New Book Explores First African Americans to Escape Slavery, Become Millionaires
Shomari Walls/Harper Collins One in seven white families in the United States are now millionaires. For black families, it's one...
Historian, Author Heather Ann Thompson on Prison Strikes
Michigan Legislature Prisoners incarcerated across 17 states have joined a strike that is expected to last into mid September,...
It’s Black Restaurant Week in Metro Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET The second annual Black Restaurant Week in Metro Detroit is underway. The week-long event seeks to begin a tradition...
Abdul El-Sayed: “I Do See Myself Doing It Again”
Jake Neher/WDET Gretchen Whitmer’s selection of a running mate on Monday sets a pretty clear course ahead for the general...
Stephen Henderson: Aretha Franklin ‘Was The Power Behind Our Voices’
WDET The following is an essay from Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: Today, the words don’t feel big enough in...
HUD Plans to Stop Linking Affordable Housing Funds to Search for Segregation
carsonscholars.org The Trump Administration says it plans to change regulations that tie federal funding for affordable housing to municipalities’ efforts...
Is Racial Hatred More or Less Empowered One Year After Charlottesville?
Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb This week marks one year since white nationalists, white supremacists, and Nazis marched in the streets of Charlottesville,...
‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’–The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids
WDET This Wednesday, the Detroit Today team is having another in-community book club meeting for their summer reading of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer...
Oakland Exec Prefers ‘Joining the Klan’ to Helping CEO’s Drive Investment to Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET The head of Oakland County’s government says he would rather be part of the Ku Klux Klan than...
Rashida Tlaib After Victory: ‘People Saw That I Was Real’
Jake Neher/WDET Rashida Tlaib will soon likely become the first Muslim woman ever to serve in Congress. For over fifty...
New United Way of Southeastern Michigan CEO Joins Detroit Today
Jake Neher, WDET Dr. Darienne Driver is the new president and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan. She came to...
NYT Columnist: President Trump Has A Pattern of Attacking Black Athletes [VIDEO]
It’s hard to keep up these days with the list of people President Trump chooses to attack via Twitter. But...