Detroit Evening Report: MDHHS monitors disease outbreak
Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan, says there are now over 700 cases of cyclosporiasis...
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 with a Bachelor's in Journalism and a Master's in Media Arts & Studies. She is an alumna of the Journalism Institute for 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: High temperatures worsen air quality
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE)’s meteorologists say the high temperatures this week will lead to high levels of ozone and poor...
Grow Hamtramck hopes to plant 600 more trees in the city
The Grow Hamtramck program in the city of Hamtramck is hoping to plant a thousand trees in four years. Community...
Jews of Color Initiative listening tour visits Detroit
The national organization, the Jews of Color Initiative, is hosting a listening tour in Detroit this week. CEO Ilana Kaufman...
Detroit Evening Report: National poll shows that aging populations need to learn how to maintain brain health
Most older adults do not know how to care for their brain health, according to a new survey by the...
Simone Sagovac receives ‘Hero of the Neighborhood’ award for Trucks Off Our Streets work
Urban Neighborhood Initiatives is giving its annual Hero of the Neighborhood awards this week.Simone Sagovac, director of the Southwest Detroit...
Detroit Evening Report: Jews of Color Initiative to bring national listening tour to Detroit
The Jews of Color Initiative is hosting a national listening tour across the U.S., with a stop in Detroit next...
Detroit Evening Report: Art installation depicting killed children of Gaza comes to Dearborn
A Dearborn park will be the home of a new visual art project depicting the children of Gaza. The City...
Detroit Evening Report: Voters can now opt out of automatic registration
The Michigan Department of State (MDOS) automatically registers eligible people to vote if they apply for or renew a state...
More youth are seeking therapy related to social media usage
Access to mental health care for young people is an issue gaining more attention in the U.S. Studies show social...
Imam Elturk shares how people are preparing for Hajj
Nearly 2 million Muslims will make the greater pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, next week.Imam Steve Mustapha Elturk is President...
American Muslims consider their options for Hajj during ongoing US-Iran war
About 2 million Muslims will perform Hajj, the greater pilgrimage in Saudia Arabia this month. But the U.S. Embassy of...
