Highland Park demo raises questions as to what’s next for the site
For over two decades the vacant Roselawn Apartments sat in disarray serving as a reminder of what Highland Park used...
The Metro: Why those closest to crimes are some of the biggest advocates for rehabilitation
A common assumption shapes American crime policy: that the people most exposed to crime — victims, and the officers who...
The Metro: Howard Family Bookstore opens as a community beacon in Detroit
The Howard Family Bookstore is a dream realized for Detroit native Jerjuan Howard. He created the non-profit aimed at supporting...
The Metro: Jeremy Xido’s journey home in ‘Sons of Detroit’
Some cities raise you. Detroit claims you. That’s true for so many who’ve called this city home. It starts early,...
Metro Events Guide: Catch a silly show at the theater, take your mom flower shopping + more this weekend
We like to say that metro Detroit has it all, but you only have so much time to experience it!...
Metro Events Guide: Free festivals and fiestas this weekend in metro Detroit
Metro Detroit's cultural veins are thrumming this week with jazz, spring greenery, and so much more. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo...
The Metro: How to lead a classroom according to a teacher on the cusp of retirement
Shirley Brezzell didn’t plan to become a teacher. But after a stint as a banker and home-schooling her children, she...
In The Groove: Sky Jetta brings Detroit energy to MOCAD’s 20th anniversary reopening
Detroit-rooted DJ and producer Sky Jetta joined In The Groove to talk about how the city continues to shape her sound, even after spending...
Crossing the Lines: Highland Park pastor says he serves in an ‘enclave of love’
WDET is examining the highlights and history of Highland Park as part of our Crossing the Lines series.The roughly three-square...
The Metro: Highland Park’s library has been dark for years. Residents haven’t given up
Detroit surrounds it, but Highland Park is its own city, with a rich history many have forgotten. It is the...
The Metro: The silence around Sudan, and a poet trying to break it
Four years in, the war in Sudan has produced the largest displacement crisis in the world. Nearly 14 million people...
The Metro: In the wake of teen takeovers, Detroit’s youth affairs office tries to give teens a place to be
Large groups of teenagers have been gathering in downtown Detroit organized on TikTok and Snapchat. It’s part of a national...