Meet the Michigan Para Athlete Competing On the Global Stage

The world of para dance, popular in Europe, is solidifying its presence in the United States. The sport involves an...

What’s cooking? Thanksgiving leftover recipes that don’t waste food

Meta Stange Let's be honest: Thanksgiving can be wasteful. So 101.9 WDET decided to find some useful ways to cut...

How to have an environmentally-friendly Thanksgiving holiday

Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, Americans throw out an extra 25 percent of waste; which translates to roughly 1...

Whitmer Considers Using Little-Known Power to Remove Wayne State Officials

Editor's Note: Wayne State University holds WDET's broadcast license and WDET staff are employees of WSU. The in-fighting on Wayne...

Hopes of Bipartisanship Slipping Away After GOP Leader Calls Whitmer ‘Bat S–t Crazy’

Animosity in Lansing has reached a fever pitch. Senator Mike Shirkey's recent disparaging comments calling Governor Whitmer "bat s--t crazy" has...

Sam’s Jams: The First Black British Band to Top the Billboard R&B Chart

WDET Artist: Loose Ends Song: Nights of Pleasure Loose Ends is an R&B group from the UK. The trio originally...

Former Union Official Asks ‘Why Shouldn’t Rashida Tlaib Be Next President of the UAW?’

Jake Neher/WDET Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. The UAW corruption scandal has set...

Lieutenant Governor Makes History in Battle for Criminal Justice Reform

Before becoming Gretchen Whitmer's Lieutenant Governor, Garlin Gilchrist worked as a software engineer, then the social network coordinator for the 2008 Obama...

Listen to CultureShift Host Amanda LeClaire’s Two-Hour Music Takeover

Amanda LeClaire At midnight on Friday, November 22, CultureShift's Amanda LeClaire took over the WDET airwaves for a special broadcast. Exploring the darker, more experimental...

Detroit Musician Jax Anderson Finds A Way to “Heal” with New EP, Art Exhibition

Meta Stange While the musicians and team behind the project is the same, Jax Anderson won't be using the moniker...

A New Performance at the Arab American National Museum Explores Identity and Place Through Dance

Meta Stange Palestinian American dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker Leila Adawallah work examines how the trauma of losing one's home can...

The “Negro Motorists Green Book” Let Black Detroiters Know Where To Go in the Era of Jim Crow

During the Jim Crow era, “traveling while black” meant being denied entry into certain establishments, including restaurants, hotels, service stations and...