Detroit’s East Side is Already Polluted. Will Fiat Chrysler Make It Worse?
When Amoni Pitts hears trucks working one street over from where she lives, she worries about being able to breathe....
Detroit’s East Side is Already Polluted. Will Fiat Chrysler Make It Worse?
When Amoni Pitts hears trucks working one street over from where she lives, she worries about being able to breathe....
What Residents in Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s Hometown Think of Trump’s Tweets
President Trump has drawn sharp criticism for tweeting that certain progressive Congresswomen who have spoken out against the President's policies,...
How The Washington D.C. Lead Crisis Foreshadowed Flint
In 2004, the Washington Post reported that a change in water treatment chemicals at the Washington D.C. aqueduct four years...
Remembering the Moon Landing: Apollo 11 Mission Hits 50th Anniversary
Annamarie Sysling/ WDET This week 50 years ago marked the first time an American astronaut stepped onto the moon. Were...
Highland Park Finds High Levels of Lead in Drinking Water, but Officials Caution Against Panic
Eleanore Catolico Correction appended, 4:47 pm, July 19, 2019: The original version of this post misstated the number of lead service lines...
Gov. Whitmer On First Six Months: Legislature Took a Break “Before the Work was Done”
Jake Neher/WDET The first half of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s first year in office has passed, and there’s been a lot of...
Wayne County Profited $107,000 By Repossessing Homes Over a $144 Tax Debt. Is This Legal?
There’s a new lawsuit challenging Michigan’s predatory home equity theft policy, which allows counties to take property to settle back...
Malcolm Gladwell on New Season of Revisionist History Podcast
Revisionist History/iTunes Malcolm Gladwell has made a career of making us think twice by taking what we think is true and...
“I Saw Hate”: Claire Gasamagera Recalls Escaping Rwandan Genocide
From the live stage in Detroit to earbuds everywhere, WDET presents Season 3 of the Twisted Storytellers Podcast. The podcast...
Proposed Detroit Ordinance Would Measure City’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
There's a new effort to improve Detroit's environmental standards coming from Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson. Earlier this month, Benson...
Stephen Henderson: The President’s Tweets Are Racist. Now, How Do We Respond?
No one should be surprised by the tweets President Donald Trump unleashed over the weekend, telling several progressive minority Congresswomen that...
Walking Beniteau Street in the Prelude to Fiat Chrysler’s Plant Expansion
Laura Herberg/WDET Walking down the sidewalk of Beniteau Street on Detroit’s eastside with a shotgun microphone covered in a fuzzy...