Add These Family-Friendly Southeast Michigan Destinations to Your 2021 Summer Bucket List

WDET’s “How to Summer” is a season-long series that offers insider tips and advice from social media and listeners on...

Activists and Politicians Ask Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan to Reassess Property Tax Foreclosures

Activists and politicians are calling for an end to tax foreclosures and over-assessments in the City of Detroit. Sonja Bonnett...

Author Matt Haig Confronts Personal Struggles with Mental Health in New Book “The Comfort Book”

A year and a half after the COVID-19 pandemic began, we are still reckoning with the traumas of isolation, fear...

Living a Full Life with Half a Heart

The Science of Grief, produced by WDET and Science Gallery Detroit, explores the stories, science and solutions around grief and...

Detroiters Still Sorting Through Aftermath of Flood

People all over metro Detroit are still recovering from last month's flooding, but residents on Detroit's east side have been devastated by the heightened impacts of every...

Hundreds of Thousands of Retail Workers Are Quitting Their Jobs, Finding Better Ones

As we transition from more than a year of COVID restrictions into some return to life as before, two jobs...

In First Political Speech, James Craig Slams Democrats, But Does Not Announce Run for Governor

As police chief of Detroit, James Craig said he tried to remain apolitical but privately had been very open about...

How Michigan Can Keep Evictions Low Even After Moratorium Ends

July 31 will mark the end of the eviction moratorium implemented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

K-12 Schools Budget a Historic Balancing of Funding for All Michigan Schools, Proponents Say

State lawmakers have left Lansing for the summer without completing the state’s budget. But they did approve one important part...

Former U.S. Prosecutor Barbara McQuade Reflects on How Constitution Advances Issues of Inequality

The WDET Book Club is reading the U.S. Constitution this summer in an attempt to understand the origins of our country’s modern-day...

Sen. Stabenow Addresses Confusion Over Expanded Child Tax Credit

When the American Rescue Plan passed, it included an increase to the child tax credit to $3,000 per child over...

Coalition Says Ensuring Health and Wealth at Home Depends on Sending Money Abroad

The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition is launching a campaign called “Foreign Aid – What’s It Worth?” Coalition President Liz Schrayer...