DLECTRICITY Will Return in September
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET A nighttime art and light festival is returning to Detroit. It’s called DLECTRICITY 2017. The festival is an outdoor...
DLECTRICITY Will Return in September
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET A nighttime art and light festival is returning to Detroit. It’s called DLECTRICITY 2017. The festival is an outdoor...
‘A Big Mess’ — Local Russia Expert Puts Trump Jr. Emails into Context
Laura Weber Davis/WDET A clearer picture is coming into focus regarding Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 election. Last...
Why Is Commercial Blight Removal Slowing In Detroit Neighborhoods?
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan often touts his efforts to remove blighted buildings as something that has improved neighborhoods...
Detroit Journalists Risked Their Lives Covering 1967 Unrest
Members of Detroit’s media corps risked their lives in July 1967 to cover perhaps the city’s most important story of...
How Could a Healthcare Overhaul Affect Michigan Insurance Companies?
Henry Ford Health System The possible repercussions of the U.S. Senate’s plan to overhaul the federal health care law are...
Detroit Mayoral Candidate Coleman Young II: ‘We Need Leadership’ [VIDEO]
Jake Neher/WDET There is a familiar name running for mayor against Mike Duggan in Detroit, Coleman Young II. The son...
Summer of Love Preceeded 1967’s Civil Unrest in Detroit
Editor's note: This story was written and produced by Noah Ovshinsky in 2007 as part of WDET's reporting on the...
The Progressive Underground Show 223: ZO! & CARMEN RODGERS TAKEOVER EDITION
The Foreign Exchange Music Tonight's episode of The Progressive Underground is a special TAKEOVER edition as international soul artists ZO!...
Mackinac Bridge Making Security Plans for Labor Day Walk
Mackinac Bridge Authority The operators of the Mackinac Bridge are warning there could be big traffic backups leading into the...
New Public School Employee Retirement Plan to Take Effect Next Year
Jake Neher/WDET Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law controversial changes to the state’s public school employee retirement system. Starting in...
Are You Happy To Pay for Business Incentives If They Create Jobs?
Office of state Sen. Dale Zorn Gov. Rick Snyder will soon decide if the state will give away $200 million in...
Don Was Talks Music of 1967 and Songs of Rebellion
Laura Weber Davis/WDET As we near the 50th anniversary of the uprising in Detroit in the summer of 1967, we’re...