Michigan Sues Over DeVos Move to Redirect CARES Act Funding to Private Schools
Michigan and several other states are suing the U.S. Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos over school funding. "This is really just...
The Big Effect of A Small Change: Capitalizing the “B” in Black
Many news outlets have historically lowercased terms describing race while capitalizing ethnicities. “Identity and labels are very, very individual and...
Wayne State Doubles Graduation Rate, But More Work To Be Done
Wayne State University’s six-year graduation rate just a few years ago was 26%, the worst in the country for a...
COVID Diaries: Love On Your Journey Because That’s Why You’re Here
101.9 WDET presents "COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience." Through WDET's StoryMakers and in partnership with Documenting Detroit, we've commissioned five documentary...
Motown’s Little-Known Political Hits Started Before Marvin Gaye
Motown's political legacy is often connected to the 1971 release of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” But the label’s past with politics...
The Racist, Segregationist History Behind Dearborn’s Orville Hubbard Statue
For decades, statues of racist historical figures have towered over American cities and towns. Now, many of those statues are being...
Rep. Brenda Lawrence on Police Reform: “We Went from Anguish to Action”
Protestors and activists have continued to push for dramatic change to American policing to some local and state progress, but...
WDET Launching New “Essential Cooking” Podcast With Ann Delisi and Chef James Rigato
With people forced to stay at home and cook more than ever before, this is the right time to discover exciting...
The Bettye LaVette Cover That Had Me Searching For A 1930’s Songwriter
For this week's Pick of the Week, I had to go down a huge rabbit hole. Some might say… a...
Downriver Mental Health Clinic Helps Bartenders, Service Industry Workers
Last week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer dealt a blow to bars just a few weeks into reopening by issuing an executive...
Author Colson Whitehead on “The Nickel Boys,” “Invisible Man,” and Racial Inequity
As the country continues to dig into this moment of reckoning with racial disparities and systemic oppression, many Americans are...
Contact Tracing Ramps Up in Michigan, But Detroit Lags
The city of Detroit has requested $13.5 million from the state to fund COVID-19 case investigation and to ramp up contact...