Cobo Hall Gets a New Name, Leaving Behind Complicated Racial Legacy
Alex McLenon The red lettering once mounted on the side of Detroit's largest convention center is gone. The building once known...
The Flint Water Crisis’ Latest Victim Died Earlier This Year
This February, one of the most recent deaths caused by the Flint Water Crisis occurred: Jassmine McBride, who died 6 months...
Rep. Haley Stevens Concerned About Recession, Calls Out Tariffs as Obstacle to Job Creation
Members of Congress head back to Capitol Hill in early September, returning to a political environment that is rich with problems...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Talks Roads, Budget Impasse at State Capitol
Lawmakers are back in Lansing trying to hammer out a deal to both fix the roads and pass a state budget....
Michigan Budget, Road Funding Impasse Has Big Impact on State Workers and Schools
WDET Digital State lawmakers are back to work after their summer break. The clock is ticking to get a state...
Detroit Police: New Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Will Have Minimal Impact on Operations
The Detroit Police Department said new laws regarding civil asset forfeiture will have a minimal impact on their street-level operations during...
Can We Have a Productive, Civil Conversation About Reparations in 2019?
Library of Congress One of the big surprises of the early 2020 presidential campaign is the role that reparations has...
Activists Confront Water Board, Education Commission Expands After School Bus Service
The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department presented a new pilot program and the Community Education Commission announced an expansion of...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
Former WDET Host Nkenge Zola Has Died
Nkenge Zola, former 101.9 WDET staffer and host of "All Things Considered" has died. Zola and I worked together at...
Detroit Launches Financial Counseling Centers for Residents
Alex McLenon Detroit's first two Financial Empowerment Centers are now open for business. The program is set-up to provide free...
Get Pumped for Detroit Jazz Fest’s 40th Anniversary With This Playlist
The Detroit Jazz Festival returns to downtown Detroit Labor Day Weekend. Now in its 40th year, the festival is the...