NPR’s Invisibilia Hosts Join Detroit Today to Talk About New Season
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Columnist Daniel Howes on Week’s News, Detroit Auto and Tech
Jake Neher/WDET What does new and innovative technology emerging within the auto industry mean for Detroit? Daniel Howes, a columnist...
Comedian W. Kamau Bell Talks Visiting Detroit, Hamtramck, Dearborn
W. Kamau Bell is a young comedian and commentator who wears many hats; he hosts two podcasts, he's an author,...
Is Detroit Doing Enough To Welcome Refugees?
Riyah Basha/WDET This week, Mayor Mike Duggan opened the Manoogian Mansion for the city’s first-ever refugee iftar, celebrating the month...
Undocumented Families in Flint Afraid to Ask for Assistance
Gus Navarro/WDET On Wednesday it was reported that multiple Michigan lawmakers and officials were charged with involuntary manslaughter. The charges...
Metro Detroit Chaldean Community Reacts to Dozens of Arrests, Possible Deportations
Jake Neher/WDET Members of Metro Detroit’s Chaldean community say dozens of Iraqi Christians have been arrested by immigration enforcement agents....
AG Schuette Announces Most Severe and High Profile Charges in Flint Water Crisis
J Carlisle Larsen The Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will be charged with involuntary manslaughter...
Is Another Recession Around the Corner?
Bureau of Labor Statistics It's been almost ten years since the last major recession in the United States. Since then,...
How’s Detroit’s Housing Landscape Doing?
Jake Neher/WDET There are plenty of questions about how Detroit is doing with housing in 2017. Are people paying their property...
New Book “Black Detroit” Looks at Complex History of Race in the City
Jake Neher/WDET Author Herb Boyd’s new book “Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination” explores the complexity of the city’s...
Former Detroit FBI Official Reacts to Comey Testimony
Jake Neher/WDET On Thursday, former FBI Director James Comey testified for three hours publicly before the Senate Intelligence Committee. There were...
Ahead of Comey Testimony, Russia Expert Talks Status, Scope of Investigation
J. Carlisle Larsen Today's the day former FBI Director James Comey will testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee....