Detroit hosts the 45th National Veterans Wheelchair Games
The 45th annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games was held at Huntington Place in Detroit earlier this month. When the games...
Detroit Evening Report: Veterans Village opens in Detroit’s eastside
A new affordable housing project celebrated its grand opening this week. The Benjamin O. Davis Veterans Village on Detroit’s eastside...
Detroit Evening Report: Veterans find mental health support in gaming, plus New Year events
Over the holidays…the Detroit Evening Report team is sharing some of the stories we produced for the radio this year....
Detroit Evening Report: MINDful Giving Boxes, Veterans Day events
Almost two weeks away from Thanksgiving, Kalasho Education and Youth Services is launching an initiative called MINDful Giving Boxes. These...
The Metro: Why violence can emerge from unacknowledged grief and loss
On Sunday, a place of worship was turned into a scene of violence. In Grand Blanc, a former Marine and...
Nonprofit Stack Up supporting veterans’ mental health through gaming
May is Military Appreciation Month, and one nonprofit organization working to support veterans will be celebrating their 10-year anniversary.Stack Up...
Public officials, veterans, union members protest federal cuts
A few hundred people rallied outside a veterans hospital in Ann Arbor this weekend to protest federal cuts to the...
The Metro: How will cuts to the VA and its services impact veterans?
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to restructure in early...
The Metro: 10 year Marine Corps veteran terminated from Veterans Affairs in Ann Arbor
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. From the National Park Service...
CuriosiD: Who was Thomas Mollicone? The story behind the naming of an east side Detroit park
WDET’s CuriosiD podcast answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode of CuriosiD, we...
Detroit’s veteran housing residents: ‘We deserve better than this.’
It was Christmas Day of last year. Four in the morning. Henry Bell woke up to the sound of rushing...
Shoes Are Being Made in Detroit for the First Time Since 1953 Thanks to Pingree Detroit
Jarett Schlaff talks with Essential Music host, Ann Delisi, about putting veterans to work using reclaimed leather from the auto...
