Author Steve Luxenberg On Racial Strife from Plessy v. Ferguson To Modern Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Author and hometown Detroiter Steve Luxenberg is back in town promoting his book "Separate," which explores the human stories behind the...
New University of Michigan Research Center in Detroit Bets on Keeping Talent in State
Laura Weber-Davis, WDET University of Michigan alum and Manhattan real estate developer Stephen Ross is betting on Detroit, and Dan...
In City Council Election, Highland Park Bets on Better Representation to Heal Divisions
Highland Park This article was updated 11:16 a.m. 11/5/2019 Highland Park, Mich., like most municipalities in Wayne County, has had all...
Southwest Detroit Time Bank Lets People Trade Favors
Have you ever heard the old adage, "time is money”? For the last decade, an organization based in Southwest Detroit...
Flint’s First Poet Laureate On The Power of Literary Arts: “Flint Is Rising, Don’t Count Us Out”
When is the last time you sat down and wrote a poem, a story or a letter just for fun?...
Created Equal, Season 2: ACLU’s Curt Guyette On Running His Own Flint Water Tests
"The question became: How do you get to what is going on conclusively? I proposed: Do our own tests." -...
Created Equal, Season 2: Stephen Henderson on How Disinvestment, Poverty and Emergency Management Created a Crisis
Hosted by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Stephen Henderson, "Created Equal" pulls apart the strings of inequality that run through the American...
Created Equal, Season 2: Thomas Sugrue
Thomas Sugrue, page 120, is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and History at NYU. A specialist in twentieth-century American politics,...
Created Equal, Season 2: Flint Residents “Have a Voice, They Just Didn’t Have a Platform.”
"These are the people who haven’t been heard. I never say voiceless, they have a voice, they just didn’t have...
After the Battle, Veterans Take On Substance Abuse and Depression
Suicide rates are rising. Among the groups most at-risk are veterans. Tara Consolino is the Director of Suicide Prevention and...
Detroit Haunts Alice Cooper
For many music fans the combination of native Detroiter, hard rock and Halloween theatrics means one thing: Alice Cooper. The...
No Alcohol? No Worries, As Sober-Curious Trend Comes To Detroit
There’s a nationwide movement of people considering giving up alcohol. But for many Detroiters this is more than just a...