Detroit Evening Report: Air quality report shows impact of pollution in Dearborn
Dearborn's Department of Public Health published a report on its Air Quality Project. Health Director Ali Abazeed says over a million air quality...
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.
Hamtramck City Councilman Muhith Mahmood runs for mayor amid city council investigations
Hamtramck City Councilman Muhith Mahmood, 52, is running for mayor in Hamtramck. If elected, Mahmood would become the first Bangladeshi...
Detroit Evening Report: No Kings rally protests anti-immigration
Over ten thousand people rallied in Detroit on Saturday for the No Kings Protest. The event started in Roosevelt Park...
Detroit Evening Report: Mayoral debate this Wednesday
Detroit’s mayoral candidates have their only scheduled debate this week. The Reverand Solomon Kinloch faces City Council President Mary Sheffield...
Detroit Evening Report: Global Detroit launches leadership program for BIPOC, immigrants
Global Detroit is launching the New American Leadership Academy. It’s a free leadership program to empower people of color, with...
Detroit Evening Report: Flags at half-staff following Grand Blanc attack
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered public buildings to fly flags at half-staff in memory of those who were killed in...
CuriosiD: What happened to the Chamberlain Bakery in Southwest Detroit?
WDET’s CuriosiD series answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts.In this episode of CuriosiD, listener Martha...
Detroit Evening Report: Proposal seeks to improve representation on Dearborn’s city council
The group Dearborn Wants Wards has been pushing for districted elections in Dearborn. The measure is now officially on the...
Detroit Evening Report: Ford moves world headquarters
Ford Motor Company announced Monday that its moving its headquarters for the first time in 70 years. The new headquarters...
Detroit Evening Report: 988 day raises awareness for mental health hotline
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is joining the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to raise...
DER Weekends: New brunch spot Haus of Brunch offers halal soul and Middle Eastern food
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we speak with Maher Obeid, owner of a new halal brunch spot...
The Shifa Institute spreads mental health awareness across college campuses
The Shifa Institute hosts Islamic psychoeducation workshops across community centers and college campuses as students return to school.At a recent...