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...
Obama Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett Discusses New Book and What’s Next
Meta Stange/WDET During the presidency of Barack Obama, there was perhaps no one closer to him as an advisor than...
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller on Growing Up In Metro Detroit, Becoming Broadway Sensation
Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller is a Broadway sensation. Aside from being the producer of several iconic musicals, Seller is also the mind...
Jam Out Like a Presidential Candidate [PLAYLIST]
2020 presidential candidates are starting to roll out one of the most important parts of their campaigns -- their rally playlists....
Branching Off Past Success, Tony DeNardo Goes Solo With New Music
Tony DeNardo is perhaps best known locally as Tony "Muggs," the bassist for the blues-rock power trio The Muggs. But...
Michigan’s Secretary of State Promised to Reduce Wait Times. That’s Not Happening.
WDET Digital Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has promised to significantly reduce wait times at branch offices. During her...
Jam With These Funk, Punk and Death Rock Bands This Weekend
Photo via Trevor Naud Welcome to “Milo Minute,” the 60 seconds (or thereabouts) you need to find a local show...
In Response to Water Crisis, Brightmoor Students Build Filtration System
A group of high school students is flattening a patch of dirt next to a modest-looking church in the northwest...
