Detroit Mayoral Candidates Look for Votes After Contentious Debate
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Questions over crime, race and improving impoverished neighborhoods took center stage during a contentious debate between the city’s...
‘Underwear Bomber’ Files Suit Against Feds Over Treatment in Supermax Prison
U.S. Marshals Service A man convicted of trying to blow up a plane bound for Detroit with explosives hidden in...
Is Five Days No Pay Punishment Enough for State Police Chief?
Michigan Legislative Black Caucus Gov. Rick Snyder this week handed down his punishment against State Police Chief Col. Kriste Etue. Etue...
Detroit Church Made Famous Through a Song Celebrates 175 Years
One of Detroit’s churches with a worldwide reputation is celebrating it’s 175th anniversary this weekend. Historic Mariners Church, which sits...
Stories and Objects About “Them”
A historic movie poster featuring Felix the Cat and a cartoon image of an angry Arab man wielding a small...
Jocelyn Benson On Her Bid for Michigan Secretary of State
Jake Neher/WDET We’re just a few weeks away from some big local elections in and around Detroit. But we’re also...
Michigan Family Sues Marines over Death of Muslim Recruit
marforcom.marines.mil A Muslim family in Michigan is filing a $100 million dollar law suit against the federal government, charging that...
Puerto Rico Getting Help from Detroiters
Families living in Puerto Rico’s aftermath of Hurricane Maria are getting support from a new locally-based organization. “Detroit-for-Puerto Rico” plans...
Columnists Explore Eminem and Kid Rock as Icons of Metro Detroit Politics
Laura Weber-Davis/WDET Eminem's freestyle takedown of President Trump at the BET Awards is going viral this week. In the video, the...
Interest in Historic Preservation Growing in Detroit
Demand for housing and retail space in Detroit is continuing to add jobs to the construction industry, especially in areas...
Congressman Dan Kildee on New Flint Water Charges
Laura Weber Davis, WDET This week, state prosecutors filed another charge of involuntary manslaughter in the Flint Water Crisis investigation....
Moving from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day
National Native News Much of the country recognizes today as Columbus Day. Many workers, especially along the eastern seaboard, get work...