The life of Sarah E. Ray will be celebrated at the Freedom Arts Festival
Little is known about civil rights pioneer Sarah Elizabeth Ray. Often considered Detroit's other Rosa Parks, she was denied a...
How Republicans can win over urban voters
Voters who live in cities lean Democratic. And it’s not for purely policy reasons. Many people who grew up in...
Who has access to cash in the city? Black Leaders Detroit aims to widen the pot
Dwan Dandridge founded Black Leaders Detroit in 2019 to help increase access to cash for Black entrepreneurs and nonprofit leaders in...
How comfort and complacency must change following the mass shooting in Buffalo
On Saturday, an 18-year-old gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York. The white shooter drove...
Stephen Henderson on mass shooting in Buffalo
The following is an essay from WDET Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson: Here we are again. A white gunman wearing...
Wayne State President reveals deeply personal experiences in new memoir
Wayne State University President Dr. M. Roy Wilson is turning inward with a new memoir that is both reflective and...
Ashley C. Ford on life with incarcerated dad
What does it do to a person and their family when they lose someone important to them to prison? That’s...
The state of Michigan’s cannabis industry
We’re now about three years into Michigan’s experiment with legal recreational marijuana. Recreational cannabis retailers now exist all across the...
Patrick Lyoya’s death sparks new and old questions about law enforcement
The April 4th police killing of Grand Rapids resident Patrick Lyoya poses questions about law enforcement that are both new...
Ways to engage more in your community
What does it means to engage thoughtfully with the place that you live and the people around you? That’s also...
National Urban League report calls democracy “under siege”
Democratic institutions have been weakened, according to numerous scholars across the country, and some have been fearing the end to...
New book explores what the American South is and isn’t
The American South is intertwined with the North. The economy, culture and music often blend together. That blending can also...