Created Equal, Season 2: Warnings of a Crisis in Flint Go Ignored

WDET's "Created Equal" Season 2 focuses on the Flint Water Crisis and the elected officials, health care and environmental experts, and...

Your Guide to Sensory-Friendly Spaces for Autistic Kids in Metro Detroit

In 2018, Dionne O’Dell attended The Big Umbrella Festival in New York, a festival that welcomed artists who shared an interest...

This Company is Designing Reusable Packaging For Major Corporations

Household products, toiletries, food, and more currently utilize single-use plastic containers and wrappers that end up in the trash. One...

Changing Attitudes Toward Death: Health Care, Grief and End-of-Life Planning

Jake Neher/WDET With all the constant reminders of the things that divide us, there’s one thing that all of us have...

Detroit Lifestyle Blogger and Hijabi Model Tells All in ‘Unashamed’ Memoir

Divorce and anger prompted Leah Vernon, a Detroit fashion blogger and lifestyle model, to pen "Unashamed: Musings of a Fat, Black Muslim."  “Put trauma...

Everything You Need to Know About WDET’s Detroit StoryMakers Fellowship

101.9 WDET is now accepting applications for its Detroit StoryMakers Fall/Winter Fellowship.  The paid fellowship will provide a new path...

Under the Radar Michigan, Launching Season 10 This Week, List Favorite Rest Stops, Fall Activities

Jake Neher/WDET Everyone’s favorite Michigan travel show on public television kicks off it’s tenth season on Thursday. Under the Radar...

Get Help With Tax Issues, Overdue Utility Bills At Free Event Today

The Detroit office of the Internal Revenue Service is working with other government agencies to hold a tax assistance event. ...

UAW Strike Cost Michigan $18.5 Million In Lost Income Taxes, Wages

The month-long United Auto Workers strike against General Motors has taken a big economic and personal toll in Michigan and...

This is How Whitmer’s (Nearly) Billion Dollar Budget Cuts Affect You

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and lawmakers are starting the process of restoring some funding Whitmer vetoed in the new state budget....

Half of All Black Kids in Michigan Live in Concentrated Poverty

Jake Neher/WDET A new study on childhood poverty was recently released by the Annie E Casey Foundation. In it, African-American and...

When Miles Davis Walked the Streets of Detroit

  wdet In 1953, Miles Davis moved to Detroit for a months-long residency at the Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s...