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This mural, painted by Detroit-based artist Jesse Kassel, was one of eight painted across Michigan during the 2020 election to encourage people to vote.
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Michigan special elections: What metro Detroiters should know before May 6

Jenny Sherman May 2, 2025
Stacey Hotwaxx Hale performs a DJ set at WDET
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Respect the Architect: Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale

Waajeed May 1, 2025

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Inside Shed 5 at Eastern Market
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The Metro Events Guide: Mother’s Day markets, May the fourth and more

Sophia Jozwiak May 1, 2025
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Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit offering summer safety tips for Safe Kids Month

Bre'Anna Tinsley May 1, 2025
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson shares why he is running for governor of Michigan on MichMash.
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MichMash: Genesee Co. Sheriff Chris Swanson on his gubernatorial run, vision for Democratic Party

Hernz Laguerre March 24, 2025

This week on MichMash, gubernatorial candidate and Genesee County Sheriff Christopher Swanson sat down with Gongwer News Service’s Zach Gorchow...

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Detroit Public Schools Community District Superintendent speaks during a panel discussion in November 2018.
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The Metro: ‘All students’ in Detroit public schools could feel impacts from Department of Education cuts

Robyn Vincent, The Metro March 24, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Education in the U.S. is facing upheaval. The Department of Education...

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Tesla Takedown protestors demonstrate on the sidewalk outside Somerset Mall in Troy.
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Activists gather outside Somerset Mall for ‘Tesla Takedown’ rally

Alex McLenon, Amanda LeClaire March 24, 2025

Dozens of so-called “Tesla Takedown” protests took place around the country over the weekend. One such rally took place at...

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Michigan libraries prepare for impact as Trump moves to eliminate federal library agency

Isabel Gil March 24, 2025

Michigan libraries are some of the latest local institutions preparing for the effects of the Trump Administration’s slashing of federal...

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Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: Playing ‘catch up’ with a ton of new music released since the Spring Fundraiser

Rob Reinhart March 24, 2025

This week's episode of Rob Reinhart's Essential Music featured a ton of new music issued since our recently concluded Spring...

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In The Groove: Beth Gibbons heading to Detroit, Bug Club get jealous, Karen Nyame KG stays hot

Ryan Patrick Hooper March 24, 2025

Obsession of the week is no doubt “Jealous Boy” by Bug Club, who are quickly becoming one of my favorite...

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Miami to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Monday, Jan. 27, 2025.
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Detroit Evening Report: Trump order aims to dismantle US Department of Education; March Madness + more

Hernz Laguerre March 21, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education.Subscribe to the...

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A view of Main Street South from Ann Street in Ann Arbor, 1861/1862.
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CuriosiD: How did Ann Arbor get its name?  

Amanda LeClaire March 21, 2025

WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, we answer...

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About 100 unionized health care workers and others who depend on Medicaid demonstrated outside Michigan Republican Congressman John James' office in Warren on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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Protesters target GOP members of Congress over possible Medicaid cuts

Quinn Klinefelter March 21, 2025

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates lawmakers cannot reach spending targets set in the recent budget proposal narrowly-passed by the...

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Revelers gather for the 2024 Marche du Nain Rouge in Detroit's Cass Corridor.
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The Metro Events Guide: Hamtramck Blowout, Marche du Nain Rouge and more to do in Detroit this weekend

Natalie Albrecht March 21, 2025

This weekend in metro Detroit is a musical takeover on many fronts, from the eagerly anticipated (and WDET supported) Hamtramck...

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Marsha Caspar and Glenna DeJong with Frizzy. They were the first same-sex couple married in Michigan on March 22, 2014, after a federal judge struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
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Saturday marks 11 years since Michigan marriage equality decision

Rick Pluta March 21, 2025

Saturday is the 11-year wedding anniversary for more than 300 gay and lesbian couples who were married in Michigan following...

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President Donald Trump, left, holds up a signed executive order as young people hold up copies of the executive order they signed at an education event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 20, 2025.
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Trump has ordered the dismantling of the Education Department. Here’s what it does

Associated Press March 21, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving to fulfill a campaign promise, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling for the dismantling...

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