Detroit polling locations largely not accessible to disabled voters, audit finds
In 2022, Detroit Disability Power worked with the Carter Center to gauge how accessible Metro Detroit’s polling sites were for...
Sascha Raiyn reports on education, children and families at 101.9 WDET. She has worked as a reporter/producer for the WSHU Public Radio Group serving Connecticut and New York, as an Investigative News Producer for WJBK Fox 2 and at the Detroit Free Press.
She is a native Detroiter who grew up listening to news and music programming on 101.9 WDET. She studied at the University of Michigan Dearborn.
Detroit Evening Report: UAW halts strike expansion, citing substantial progress
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain announced Friday the union would not expand its strike against Detroit’s Big Three this...
Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Supreme Court rules judges must use preferred pronouns
The Michigan Supreme Court has adopted a new rule that will require judges and court personnel to address people who...
DER Weekends: UMA works to build Detroit’s next generation of techno legends
On the latest episode of DER Weekends, former WDET reporter Juma Sei visited the opening of a music school that...
Detroit Evening Report: Expanded UAW strike includes 13 Stellantis and GM locations in Michigan
One week after the United Auto Workers started its strike against the Detroit automakers, the union has extended the walk...
DER Weekends: The history and legacy of iconic Detroit TV show ‘The Scene’
In the latest episode of DER Weekends, WDET’s Tia Graham explores The Scene, a local TV show that was a cultural...
DER Weekends: Bengali Harlem
The film ‘In Search of Bengali Harlem’ documents comedian Alaudin Ullah's search for his Bengali father. What Ullah and...
Detroit Evening Report: 250k without power after severe storms in Metro Detroit
Severe thunderstorms Thursday night dumped heavy rains on areas of Metro Detroit, which was already dealing with flooding from...
Author Reda Taleb is working to change the world for incarcerated people and their children
Reda Taleb calls herself a “decarceration” advocate. “We are really stepping away from, in an intentional way, using mass incarceration...
Nearly 23K Michigan residents have lost Medicaid coverage since eligibility reviews in June
Nearly 23,000 Michigan residents have lost Medicaid coverage since the state began reviewing Medicaid eligibility in June. Subscribe to the...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police officer shot in leg during gunfire exchange with suspects
Detroit police are looking for a suspect who shot an officer in the leg early Friday morning. Subscribe to the...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit police commissioners board is still paying two former staffers
Members of Detroit’s police oversight board want to remove two staffers who are no longer working but are still getting...