Detroit Property Owners Have More Time to Appeal Proposed Assessments [Transcript]

Detroit residents were supposed to have from Feb.1-15 to appeal proposed assessments, but the city recently extended the deadline to...

MichMash Digs Into State of the State In Hour-Long Special

WDET Digital There will be a lot to unpack as soon as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer begins her first State of...

Does Suspension Prevent School Violence? New Study Says No

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Our automatic response to students who are violent in school is to suspend them. And that makes...

Model D’s “On the Ground” Series Checks Out Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers Neighborhood

Detroit’s Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood is the latest subject in Model D’s “On the Ground” series.  The publication is embedding a...

Michigan Chronicle Series Focuses on James H. Cole Funeral Home

Detroit’s James H. Cole Funeral Home is celebrating its centennial this year.  The African-American owned and operated business first opened...

Check the Restroom First: An Interview with a Former Detroit Health Inspector

Courtesy of Agnes Gira Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to...

Made in Detroit: The Aunt Nee’s Chip Company

Gus Navarro In the last decade, the Aunt Nee’s chip company has become a mainstay here in Detroit. Based in...

Sam Rager is a Rising Star in Detroit’s Comedy Scene

Courtesy of Sam Rager Click the audio player above to hear the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays 12 p.m. to...

Twisted Storytellers, Arab American National Museum Celebrate Black History Month with ‘Freedom Stories’

Jake Neher/WDET On Friday, February 1, the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn will host The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers,...

Detroit’s 2020 Census Planning Starts Now [CHART + MAPS]

Detroit was once the fourth-largest city in America. The population peaked at more than 1.8-million in 1950. For reasons too...

Dangerous Deep Freeze Descends on Detroit

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Metro Detroit is plunging into dangerously-cold conditions. Forecasters say a mass of arctic air – the infamous polar...

Henry Ford’s Antisemitism: New Article Explores Dark Side of Legacy

Jake Neher/WDET Henry Ford was an anti-Semite. And not in a passive way. He actively worked to marginalize and discriminate against Jews...