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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.
  • Elections
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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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  • The Boulevard

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
mothering
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Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit offering summer safety tips for Safe Kids Month

Bre'Anna Tinsley May 1, 2025
Clare Valenti, Tia Graham and Paul Blatt smile in front of the WDET logo
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • CultureShift

A local nonprofit aims to connect people living with intellectual disabilities to the arts

Tia Graham March 24, 2023

Gesher Human Services is a nonprofit that serves roughly 11,000 Metro Detroiters with intellectual disabilities. They help find and create...

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Stock photo of brothers facing each other.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: Children’s Center hosting town hall on mental health of Black youths

Tia Graham March 24, 2023

A town hall event at Detroit's Children’s Center will focus on the mental health and well-being of Black boys and...

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FILE - Union members and supporters chant in the Capitol rotunda, Tuesday morning, March 14, 2023, as they wait for a Right To Work bill to be voted on.
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Michigan 1st state in decades to repeal ‘right-to-work’ law

Associated Press March 24, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in...

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Three Black women pose in fashionable clothing.
  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

These three women are pushing Detroit rap to the forefront of the music industry

Tia Graham March 24, 2023

The self-proclaimed "kid who loves rap," Kahn Santori Davison, has written about the Detroit rap scene for years. He's covered...

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Congresswoman Haley Stevens hugs Oakland County Commissioner Dave Woodward as Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter looks on
  • MichMash
  • Politics, Government & Finance

MichMash County Close-up: Oakland

Hernz Laguerre March 24, 2023

In this episode Oakland County and how it reflects the greater state of Michigan  Accomplishments the 18th District has made...

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Kristina Karamo speaks to Michigan Republican Party delegates Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023, in Lansing, Mich.
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Michigan GOP chair Kristina Karamo refuses to apologize for social media posts comparing gun control to Holocaust

Russ McNamara March 23, 2023

Through multiple social media accounts, the Michigan Republican Party made inaccurate and misleading posts comparing the passage of new state...

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Photo of an abandoned home in Detroit.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s Proposal N advisory board will finally hold public meetings

Hernz Laguerre March 23, 2023

The Detroit Demolition Department advisory group that’s in charge of overseeing the $250 million bond to tear down and stabilize...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Detroit Today: Why Gen Z is gravitating toward vaping and e-cigarettes

Detroit Today, Sam Corey March 23, 2023

If you go to Europe or Asia, you’ll notice how common smoking is. Americans, by contrast, have created really strong...

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Ramadan Nights in West Downtown Dearborn graphic
  • Community & Quality of Life
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Dearborn is hosting food trucks and games for Ramadan in the city’s west downtown

Laura Herberg, Solina Robles March 23, 2023

The City of Dearborn and the West Dearborn Downtown Development Authority are teaming up to host Ramadan festivities this year....

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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the Department of the Interior, March 21, 2023, in Washington. AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Biden approval dips near lowest point, AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press March 23, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Approval of President Joe Biden has dipped slightly since a month ago, nearing the lowest point of...

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A green garbage truck pulls into WM's transfer station on a snowy day.
  • Environment
  • News

Community upset over proposed Detroit recycling hub

Laura Herberg, Solina Robles March 22, 2023

The company Waste Management is planning to build a recycling hub at a site where it currently transfers waste in...

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Photo of Little Caesars Arena in downtown Detroit.
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Detroit Today: City Council delays vote on District Detroit project incentives

Detroit Today March 22, 2023

This week, Detroit City Council delayed a vote on incentives requested by the District Detroit project. Led by the Ilitch...

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