Metro Detroiters Share Stories of Gratitude Despite Difficult 2020
This year has been a difficult one. From the pain and isolation caused by the pandemic to widespread economic uncertainty...
University of Michigan Dives Into New Project Highlighting Detroit River Stories
After years of work, the University of Michigan is launching the Detroit River Story Lab. It's a multi-faceted partnership between the...
Why Public Health Officials Are Worried About Thanksgiving Gatherings
Public health officials are urging people not to gather in large groups for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. It's usually a...
Monica Palmer Says She Received a Phone Call From President Donald Trump
Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, William Hartman and Monica Palmer, continue to receive criticism after temporarily deadlocking...
Republican Lawmakers Were Unwise to Meet with Trump, says UM Law Expert
We’re at an inflection point in GOP efforts to cast doubt on the clear results of the November election. On...
Americans Should Learn from Canada’s Thanksgiving COVID Spike
Thanksgiving is canceled. That was the reaction by some on social media after Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration banned gatherings of...
How to Break the News to Loved Ones That You Won’t Be Attending Holiday Gatherings This Year
The holidays are fast approaching but with coronavirus cases surging nationwide, "home for the holidays" isn't an option for many...
Eddie Glaude: Racism We’ve Seen in Trump Era is Not New. It’s Just Louder.
The upheaval of 2020 has laid bare the racial tensions and systemic oppression of people of color that undergird American society....
Between Takes: When John Lennon Supported John Sinclair
Welcome to Between Takes; where artists and musicians tell stories about what happens behind the scenes. WDET’s Sam Beaubien has been...
Season 3 of WDET’s ‘Created Equal’ Explores Race in America
WDET, Detroit’s NPR station, presents a new season of the podcast "Created Equal." Season 3 of Created Equal, “Writers on...
Honoring the Legacy of Little Richard: Architect of Rock and Roll
Richard Wayne Penneiman, famously known as Little Richard, was born on December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia. Little Richard, widely...
Beaumont Study Confirms Masks Reduce COVID-19 Risk
One of the nation's largest serological studies of COVID-19 confirms what health experts have been saying since the pandemic began...