Chaldean State Lawmaker Who Endorsed Trump: Community Feels Slighted
Michigan House of Representatives Metro Detroit is home to the largest Chaldean community in the world outside of Iraq. When...
Chaldean State Lawmaker Who Endorsed Trump: Community Feels Slighted
Michigan House of Representatives Metro Detroit is home to the largest Chaldean community in the world outside of Iraq. When...
Could Flint Water Charges Reach the Governor’s Office? Prosecutor David Leyton Joins Detroit Today
Genesee County Several state and city officials face new charges in the Flint Water Crisis. The charges include involuntary manslaughter...
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Addresses Pistons Move, Racial Tensions [VIDEO]
AnnMarie Scaramuzzino/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan recently told a group of business leaders and lawmakers that the first few years...
Can Religious Progressives Become A Political Force Again?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Many of the major progressive movements of our nation were rooted in the church. Political strategy centered...
Media’s Role In What ‘Terrorism’ Means to Americans
Gus Navarro/WDET Over the weekend in London, a van driven by an angry white man plowed into a group of...
CuriosiD: Was there busing in Detroit in the early 1960’s?
Listener Cheryl Pernell was intereted in examples of busing in Detroit Public Schools around 1963. Pernell was bused to Dossin Elementary for the...
Metro Detroit Chaldean Community Reacts to Dozens of Arrests, Possible Deportations
Jake Neher/WDET Members of Metro Detroit’s Chaldean community say dozens of Iraqi Christians have been arrested by immigration enforcement agents....
Women Offered Coaching to Hone Political Savvy
A divisive political climate in the United States may be inspiring some to become more involved in government. One organization is...
New Book “Black Detroit” Looks at Complex History of Race in the City
Jake Neher/WDET Author Herb Boyd’s new book “Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination” explores the complexity of the city’s...
Lead Not Likely the Cause of Increased Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease in Flint But…
“Often when people present with pneumonia, doctors are thinking of the common bacteria like pneumococcal pneumonia or streptococcus pneumoniae. Legionnaires'...
State House Committee Adopts “Sanctuary Cities” Ban
Jake Neher/WDET A state House committee has adopted bills that would require local officials to help enforce federal immigration laws....
The Intersection: Police and Community Relations in Detroit [TIMELINE]
Sandra Svoboda/WDET Nearly 50 years after a police raid at 12th and Clairmount streets ignited violence and carnage, WDET and...