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 Council passes BDS resolution to cut financial ties with Israel

Hamtramck is the first Michigan city to support the Palestinian Boycott, Divestmen, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls on corporations,...

Wayne State encampment removed, multiple arrests made by university police

Wayne State University police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's campus early Thursday morning and reportedly have made...

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment on Wayne State University’s campus

The first pro-Palestinian encampment has begun on Wayne State University's campus in Detroit. A group of about 200 protestors gathered...

Detroit Evening Report: Mental Health awareness; Warren Evans seeks regional transit ballot proposal and more

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we speak with a local Mental Health First Aid instructor about Mental...

Mental Health First Aid course training Wayne State community to help others in crisis

May is mental health awareness month. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one in five adults lives with...

Macomb County using AI, drone to monitor pipes for infrastructure improvements

The Macomb County Public Works purchased a $100,000 FlyBotix drone and SewerAI artificial intelligence software package to assess sanitary pipes...

Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck swears in first Yemeni Muslim police chief in the US

The city of Hamtramck held a swearing in ceremony on Monday to inaugurate the city's new Police Chief Jamiel Altaheri...

Passenger Recovery in Hamtramck creates spaces for musical substance use recovery

Passenger Recovery Community Center is one of metro Detroit’s new substance abuse recovery support spaces. It’s free for people in...

Detroit Evening Report: EPA invests in solar for low-income families; Detroit seeks feedback for oral history project and more

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we cover the recent $156 million EPA investment in solar rooftops for...

Student protestors kicked out of Wayne State Board of Governors meeting after disruption

Pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted the Wayne State University Board of Governors meeting on Friday after the public comments were over, calling...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan House bill would require religious accommodations for higher education students

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a new House bill that would require certain postsecondary education institutions to adopt policies that offer...

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan research institute examines impact of war in Gaza on religious minorities

The Michigan and Washington, D.C.-based educational research group Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) this month released the third...