WDET announces winners of the 2020 SPJ Detroit “Excellence in Journalism” Awards
SPJ The Society of Professional Journalists - Detroit Chapter distributed more than 240 awards to Metro Detroit’s best journalists, who...
George Floyd’s Death Ignited A Movement. Watch His Burial In Houston Today.
George Floyd, the 46-year-old African American man who was killed by police in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, will be buried beside...
Detroit’s Former Police Chief On Minneapolis and Calls to Defund Police
The Minneapolis City Council has voted to defund and dismantle the city’s police department. "There's a lack of humanization of...
Income Inequality, COVID-19 Underlie Detroit Protest Movement
The marches against police brutality in Detroit and across the country are set against the backdrop of a global pandemic....
Little Caesars, Black Lives Matter and the Challenge of Corporate Messaging
With a huge social movement pushing for changes to policing and calling for an end to police brutality, it’s not...
Camera Jesus, Detroit Photography Staple, Puts Pieces of City Together
With his long hair and beard, Detroit photographer Joe Gall began shooting musicians and bands while in the "pit" at the...
Museums Preserve History, But During “Black Lives Matter” Protests Can Help Healing Today
Amid a global health pandemic, protests are taking place in Detroit and across the globe to combat racial injustice and...
Curating a Pandemic: The Henry Ford Wants Your Coronavirus Artifacts In Their Museum
Museums around the country are starting to think about how they’ll present the global pandemic of COVID-19 to future generations. ...
Michigan Salons Can Reopen Statewide on June 15
Salons, barbershops and other personal care facilities will be allowed to reopen statewide on June 15th. “If the current trajectory continues,...
Detroit Demonstrators Call For Removing Police From Schools, Ending Surveillance
Civil rights protestors in Detroit have developed a list of things they want changed in the city after marching Thursday...
Protests Continue Peacefully With No Reported Arrests, No Curfew
Last night’s protest in Detroit had all the hallmarks of previous demonstrations — several hundred people. frustration and calls to action....
WDET At Home: Estate Planning Isn’t Just for the Wealthy. Start Preparing Now.
Estate planning — it sounds fancy, we know. But preparing for the future is a common-sense habit for people of...