The Progressive Underground Show 144

3 Chairs On this episode of The Progressive Underground, we bump tracks from Kendrick Lamar, Jessica Care Moore, Bigfoot Beats, Renegades...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 10-10-15

Lots of great music, but also a gentle reminder to help support WDET with your support today... wdet.org!

Five Detroit Businesses Spotlighted on “Start-Up”

Host Stephen Henderson talks with Jenny Feterovich and Gary Bredow of the PBS show "Start Up."   Detroit: “Start Up”...

Flint Needs Millions of Dollars to join Detroit Water System after Lead Controversy

Host Stephen Henderson talks with Congressman Dan Kildee (D-Flint Twp) about Flint’s water crisis, and the search for a new...

On Point’s Tom Ashbrook: “Show Offers News and Obsurity”

Stephen Henderson speaks with Tom Ashbrook, host of the NPR program On Point. Ashbrook says he spent many years in...

This Man May Be The Greatest Politician You’ve Never Heard Of

Henry Clay Author Harlow Unger speaks with Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson about Henry Clay, who was Speaker of the United...

Retired Teachers May Be Able to Return as Substitutes

Creative Commons by Ben Russell Retired teachers would able to return to work in schools with a shortage in substitute...

Southfield Buys Northland Mall

Nikolai Nolan/ CC The City of Southfield is buying Northland Mall near Eight Mile Road and the Lodge Highway. The...

Homes Values Increase After Blight Removal

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET A report shows residents in Detroit are seeing an increase in home values as more blighted homes...

EPA Facing Trouble Over Clean Water Act and Ballast Water Permits

Conservation organizations are celebrating a huge win. The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency failed...

Strike Looming for the United Auto Workers

The United Auto Workers are threatening a strike against Fiat Chrysler if a deal isn’t reached between the automaker and...

Is Binge Drinking on Campuses Out of Control?

A University of Michigan student died over the summer after falling from a parking deck, and through a glass enclosure....