The Progressive Underground Show 196: Cafe Mahogany Tribute Edition

PUP Inc. This weekend's The Progressive Underground is a CAFE MAHOGANY Tribute Edition.  Cafe Mahogany was the mid-1990s-era poetry/music/dance venue...

Wright Museum Exhibit Explores African American History Through Dolls

 The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is hosting a doll party Saturday. The event is, in part,...

Researchers to Hold Massive Archive Session to Copy Climate Data They Fear Trump Could Make Vanish

President-elect Donald Trump has made some contradictory statements regarding the science of climate change, calling it at different times a...

What’s On The Agenda For Detroit’s City Council in 2017?

Jake Neher/WDET With a new year brings new issues for public officials to deal with here in Detroit. In 2017,...

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters Talks Trump Transition, Russia, and Flint

Laura Weber Davis, WDET U.S. Senator Gary Peters joins Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson to talk about the year in...

Lawmakers Approve Overhaul Of Michigan’s Energy Policies

Sandra Svoboda/WDET A major rewrite of Michigan’s energy policy is on its way to Gov. Rick Snyder. The main focus...

More Snow is Coming [SLIDES]

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for much of lower Michigan from 7 p.m. Friday until...

MDOT Finishes First Part of I-75 Reconstruction in Oakland County

The Michigan Department of Transportation says phase one of the I-75 reconstruction project in Oakland County is complete. MDOT says...

Feds Sue Sterling Heights for Denying Mosque Permit

The U.S. Justice Department is suing officials in Sterling Heights for denying a group the right to build a mosque...

This weekend’s The Progressive Underground celebrates the legacy of CAFE MAHOGANY, Sunday, December 18, 8-11 p.m. EST

PUP Inc. This weekend's The Progressive Underground is a CAFE MAHOGANY Tribute Edition.  Cafe Mahogany was the mid-1990s-era poetry/music venue...

How A Detroit Blind Pig Became The Center Of A Social Uprising in 1967

Photo courtesy of Bill McGraw. In 1967, an uprising in the city of Detroit -- that some classify as a...

The Intersection: Housing Conditions and Segregation [MAPS]

In 1970s metro Detroit, hundreds of suburban neighborhoods had no African-American residents. Now, just a handful of Census tracts in...