State Launches New Tool for School Transparency
Michigan Department of Education Michigan parents now have a new tool to vet their child’s school. The state launched the...
State Launches New Tool for School Transparency
Michigan Department of Education Michigan parents now have a new tool to vet their child’s school. The state launched the...
Federal Judge Orders Bond Hearings for Iraqi Detainees as They Fight Deportation
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Hundreds of Iraqis who have been detained and are fighting deportation got some good news this week....
Author, Historian Heather Ann Thompson Talks Winning Pulitzer in 2017
Jake Neher/WDET In April this year, author and historian Heather Ann Thompson won the Pulitzer Prize for her chilling re-telling of...
‘Jon Stewart of the Arab World’ Bassem Youssef Talks Satire in 2017
Youtube This conversation originally aired on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson on November 6, 2017 He’s been called the Jon...
Historian Tom Sugrue on Detroit’s Ascension, Decline and ‘Detroit’ the Film
Jake Neher/WDET This conversation originally aired on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson on July 26, 2017 On Tuesday night, there...
StoryCorps Detroit: Your Vibe
Lauren Hood recalls the early 1990s rave culture in Detroit and Windsor that Adriel Thornton introduced her to when the...
StoryCorps Detroit: “It seems like fewer of us make it now.”
NEED TO ADD AUDIO AND PUBLISH. In 1967, Bill Williams was a teenager living with his extended family not far from...
StoryCorps Detroit: A Front Row Seat to the Looting of 1967
In this StoryCorps Detroit segment, 82-year-old Clarice Rodgers asks her son, Curtis Rodgers, Jr., what he was up to when...
Immigrants Aren’t the Only Ones Hurt By Anti-Immigration Policies
Jake Neher/WDET This has been a big year when it comes to immigration issues. President Trump has stopped travel from...
New Detroit Land Bank CEO Assures She’ll Prioritize Safety Over Speed of Demolitions
Sandra Svoboda/WDET The new head of Detroit’s land bank says her priority will be respecting demolition safety rules when removing...
Local Group Has Plan To Fight Effects of Climate Change in Metro Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET When we think about how climate change is and will impact our planet, we typically think of overpowering...
Tiny Homes Aim for Big Impact in Detroit
Cass Community Social Services If you live or work in Detroit and have driven around the city, you may have...