Detroit Evening Report: Michigan schools will increase electric school buses in 2023
Michigan schools will see more electric buses this year thanks to a grant by the Environmental Protection Agency. Listen and...
Nargis Hakim Rahman is the Civic Reporter at 101.9 WDET. She works with the Documenters program to increase civic engagement. Rahman graduated from Wayne State University, where she was a part of the Journalism Institute of Media Diversity. Rahman started as an intern at WDET in 2010. She participated in the Feet in Two Worlds food journalism fellowship with WDET's Detroit Storymakers project in 2018.
Rahman is a Bangladeshi American who was raised in Metro Detroit. She is passionate about community journalism in the Greater Detroit area. She hopes to give American Muslims and minorities a voice in the press.
Detroit Evening Report: Artist George McCalman created illustration book to highlight Black American history
This week on the Detroit Evening Report, we’re sharing stories we’ve covered in 2022 that show how special the people...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan school board wants to help foster children graduate on time
Michigan's Board of Education members approved a resolution aimed at helping foster care youth graduate on time. Listen and Subscribe...
Activists want the DIA to spend its $300 million on a ‘world class experience’
The Detroit Institute of Arts has collected nearly $300 million since 2012 from property taxpayers to provide services to Wayne,...
Detroit Evening Report: Wayne State research group receives $50,000 grant to help solve Detroit’s flooding issues
A Wayne State University research group was awarded a $50,000 grant to analyze basement floods in Detroit. Listen and Subscribe...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s water shutoff moratorium ends this month
Detroit’s residential water shutoff moratorium is set to expire at the end of December. Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit...
Detroit Evening Report: Twice as many Black and poor students held back under Michigan reading law
Black third grade students and those from low-income homes are twice as likely to be held back under Michigan's Read...
Wayne State reflection rooms create space for students and faculty to reflect
Reflection Rooms are for people to reflect, meditate or pray and focus on mindfulness. Wayne State University's Dean of Students...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan health department aims to expand mental health care for children in foster homes, juvenile jail
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is expanding its services for behavioral needs for kids in foster care...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit city council retracts approval of $49 million paratransit contract
Paratransit in Detroit faces an uncertain future as city officials voted against working with a long-time service provider. Listen and...
Detroit Documenters ride the bus to shed light on DDOT conditions
Civic news organization Detroit Documenters got a unique opportunity to learn firsthand how Detroiters ride the bus for school, work...
Detroit Evening Report: Three Detroit police officers suspended after fatal shooting of Kiazia Miller
Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report NPR | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Last week, 27-year-old...