WDET’s Big Kid Ballot

Yesterday I explained voting and elections to my three-year-old daughter. She's at an age where she understands fairly complex concepts, but...

State Works To Get Ahead Of PFAS Problem In Michigan

  Jake Neher, WDET Anthony Spaniola State officials say Michigan is leading the nation in research of the pervasiveness of...

Michigan Could Be on the Verge of Another Drinking Water Crisis

Jake Neher, WDET   Last fall Anthony Spaniola discovered a white foam had washed up on the shore of his...

Taylor Swift covers Earth Wind and Fire’s “September” for Spotify Singles Collection.

Recently Taylor Swift surprised the internet with a cover of a legendary Earth Wind and Fire record “September”. The track...

Created Equal Podcast 03. Of Prison and Politics

WDET Being "tough on crime" is politically popular. But does it make communities safer? In 1971 a prison uprising in...

Created Equal Podcast 02. Jacking the Media

WDET Who tells your story? The media tell the story of marginalized communities in America, for better or worse. On...

Created Equal Podcast 01. The Kiss

  Labor unions empowered African Americans to help overcome elements of racism and move more into the middle class during...

Created Equal Podcast 06. Radical Empathy

In order to make positive change for marginalized people, privileged people must care about and stand up for equal rights....

Created Equal Podcast: Khizr Khan on American Patriotism

Khizr Khan may be the most patriotic American we've ever spoken with. Khan became an overnight and unlikely national figure...

Created Equal Podcast 05. The Electoral College Compromise

WDET The Electoral College was created in 1787 through something that made the founding fathers great -- compromise. But in...

Created Equal Episode 04. American Hymnal

Amy Carter, Flickr Creative Commons American music has been a global standard bearer for a century, in part for its...

Created Equal Podcast Declarations: The Undefeated

WDET The team at ESPN's The Undefeated website talks about covering black American life holistically in the media landscape. Created...