Detroit Evening Report: Detroit City Council approves Juneteenth as paid holiday for city workers
Detroit will recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday for city workers. Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report NPR...
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.
DER Weekends: Muslim women of business
In the latest installment of DER Weekends, Nargis Rahman tells the story of Muslim businesswomen in Southeast Michigan coming...
UM Dearborn exhibit brings people together to discuss criminal justice reform
An art and poetry exhibit that hopes to inspire conversations about criminal justice reform in the U.S. opens this weekend...
Detroit Evening Report: Construction starts on Detroit transit center at former Michigan State Fairgrounds site
Construction has begun on a new transit center at the site of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds. Listen and Subscribe...
‘In Search of Bengali Harlem’ explores the life of Bengali men who jumped ship in the early 1900s
‘In Search of Bengali Harlem’ is a documentary film about comedian Alaudin Ullah who went on a journey to learn...
Detroit Evening Report: Activists say pipe repairs still not finished 9 years after Flint water crisis
Activists are marking the ninth anniversary of the start of the Flint water crisis. Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit...
MOVE Summit unites Arab Americans with BIPOC allies in Dearborn
A summit designed to advance and strengthen the Arab American community will take place later this week. The MOVE Summit,...
Poll finds 1 in 3 adults age 50-80 feel socially isolated
The National Poll on Healthy Aging released new findings in a report of trends in loneliness and isolation among older...
New book ‘The Night Before Eid’ celebrates intergenerational Egyptian American holiday
This weekend, Muslims are celebrating Eid Al-Fitr, the celebration of breaking the month-long fast. Aya Khalil is an educator and...
Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn sues scrap yard over hazardous air pollution violations
Dearborn is taking a scrap metal business to court over air pollution. The city is seeking an injunction against Pro-V...
Nonprofit New American Leaders trains people of immigrant heritage to be public servants
New American Leaders is a nonprofit organization that aims to train immigrants, first and second-generation people to run for office....
Detroit Evening Report: Motown Museum accepting applications for teen entrepreneur program
Motown Museum is inviting middle and high school students to participate in its first Entrepreneur In Residence Program. Listen and...