New Detroit Home Mortgage Program Requires No Down Payment and No Closing Costs
Marissa Gawel/WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says only 10-percent of home purchases in the city last year used mortgages. The rest...
Detroit M-1 Rail Officials Release 2015 Construction Plans
J. Carlisle Larsen (WDET) Officials building a light rail line in Detroit’s business district say they plan to finish laying...
Shakespeare In Detroit
Host Stephen Henderson speaks with Samantha White the founder of Shakespeare in Detroit about the group's current project, Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, and...
Culture City Calendar & Download of the Week
"Hearts on Fire" by LALA TRIPS
Scott Martelle: Lincoln’s Assassin’s Assassin
Public Domain This month is the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination....
Building The Mothership with Black Science Fiction
20th Century Fox The genre of science fiction has always included subversive storylines alluding to race, ethnicity, oppression and inequality....
Meet Eastpointe Mayor Suzanne Pixley
You always just go with the flow, Detroit is a wonderful city.” -Suzanne Pixley, Mayor of Eastpointe Born and raised...
Michigan Police Body Camera Bill Would Regulate Footage
JJ/Creative Commons The Michigan House is working on a measure to regulate footage shot by police body cameras. The bill would prohibit...
Michigan Taxpayer Return on Investment Among the Worst in the Country
John Morgan/Creative Commons New research finds that Michigan residents receive one of the worst returns on investment in the nation...
Flint to Add Filter to Water System
Sarah Razak / CC The City of Flint is investing about one-and-a-half million dollars in a new filter to be...
The Future Of Work: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Wiley The world is always changing and with it so is work. Author Jacob Morgan's new book "The Future of Work"...
Detroit By The Numbers: Poverty and Human Trafficking
WDET's new series "Detroit By The Numbers" is exploring the issue of poverty in southeast Michigan. In this chapter, WDET's Sandra Svoboda...