The Metro: Local stage play highlights the legacy of baseball icon Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente is a baseball icon. Over his 18-year career he won two world series, acquired 12 golden gloves, four...
New book explores how working class shaped Downriver
Metro Detroit's Downriver area is where heavy industry meets nature, creating a complicated dynamic between the economy and the environment.Steel...
Crossing the Lines: Long-forgotten secret hate group terrorized Detroit enclave then vanished
WDET is examining Highland Park as part of our Crossing the Lines series. Hidden within the history of the Detroit enclave are the remnants of...
99 years after Bath School Disaster, community works to make freestanding museum a reality
May 18 marks the 99th anniversary one of the deadliest school massacres in American history. The Bath School Disaster claimed the lives...
The Metro: A new book details the political mind of poet Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes is one of the most recognized names in American literature, and that celebration came with a cost. The...
Crossing the Lines: Marsha Music maintains ties to Highland Park
Highland Parkers have been telling WDET what they want people to know about their city as part of our Crossing...
Crossing the Lines: Highland Park was once home to diverse Muslim communities
While the city of Highland Park may be known as the birthplace of the automotive assembly line, it’s also home...
Crossing the Lines: Automakers fueled growth in Highland Park then left it running on financial fumes
In the early 20th Century Ford and Chrysler operated extensive facilities in Highland Park, helping its population grow to more...
Crossing the Lines: Highland Park values enclave status
Highland Park is an odd shape—a trapezoid to be exact. Its borders include West McNichols Road on the north side,...
Crossing the Lines: Highland Park Resident wants to save the Highland Appliance sign
Drivers traveling along Woodward Avenue in Highland Park may be familiar with the abandoned Highland Appliance store just north of...
The Metro: Two artists explore indigo’s ties to the African diaspora
There are stories that live in books, and then there are stories that live in the body, in the land,...
The Metro: Black Bottom Archives continues to grow its storytelling community
The preservation of history doesn’t belong only to institutions, it lives in the hands, voices and memories of everyday people. In...