Automakers Face Trump Promises, Robotic Future

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET President Donald Trump has vowed to keep the auto industry in the U.S. to provide blue collar jobs for...

Waterfowl Hunters Paying for Michigan’s Wetland Management and Restoration

The month of May is celebrated as American Wetlands Month A report released recently looks at the health and management of...

Teachers Union Can’t Force Members to Wait to Drop Out

Sascha Raiyn Teachers don’t have to wait if they want to drop out of their union. That ruling was handed...

Created Equal Podcast 01. The Kiss

  Labor unions empowered African Americans to help overcome elements of racism and move more into the middle class during...

Detroit Ranks Top Ten in Fastest Construction Job Growth

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit made the top ten list of US metro areas with the highest growth rate in construction jobs....

Activists Try To Create Group Support for Ballot Drives

Jake Neher/WDET A small crowd that held a May Day rally in front of the state Capitol has a big...

What Is Privilege and Has It Changed Across Racial, Generational Lines?

Jake Neher/WDET Defining privilege can be difficult. In a modern context, discussion of privilege often centers around the idea of...

Preliminary Work Underway on Gordie Howe Bridge

“We have approximately 60% of the properties that we require on the U-S side"      Three teams have been...

Michigan Congressional Delegation Praises Budget Deal

Laura Weber Davis, WDET Congress has reached a budget deal that includes funding to help restore the Great Lakes. The...

Old Oil Pipeline Under Straits of Mackinac at Center of Petition Drive

"The reason we got involved is that we think the State is taking too long and we can’t afford a...

“The Intersection”: Book Provides Perspective on 1967

Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET reporters and producers have some of their work included in a new book -- a published version of "The...

Trump says U.S. will Negotiate a ‘Fair’ NAFTA Deal

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET President Donald Trump says he is ready to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA,...