Schuette, Whitmer Set to Debate for the First Time in Grand Rapids
AnnMarie Scaramuzzino/WDET Friday is the first debate between Democrat and Republican nominees for governor Gretchen Whitmer and Bill Schuette. The debate...
Detroit Continues Five-Year Redevelopment Stall
If you’ve gone downtown recently you may have noticed large banners advertising a development called District Detroit. In 2013, Olympia...
2018 WDET Michigan Beer Bracket: Road to the Sudsy 16
Last year, Michigan's beer economy was worth $10.5-billion and created over 30,000 jobs for the Mitten State. That means there's lots of Michigan beer to...
What Does Your Neighborhood Say About Your Chances for Success? [MAP]
Click the audio player above to listen to this conversation. Opportunity Insights Opportunity Insights Does where you were born decide...
Detroit Public Schools Unveils Plan to Clean Up Drinking Water
Alex McLenon A long-term plan to clean up the drinking water at Detroit's public schools is now in place. This...
There Was A Record Number Of Opioid Deaths In Michigan Last Year–What’s The Solution?
Last year a new record was set for opioid-related deaths in Michigan. Nearly 2000 of all 2700 overdose deaths in...
Catholic College in Detroit is Offering Classes to an All-Muslim Group
WDET/Laura Herberg Steve Mustapha Elturk is getting his Master of Arts in Social Justice at Marygrove College, a small Catholic...
Mitch Albom Talks ‘The Next Person You Meet in Heaven,’ Charity Work
WDET Detroit Free Press columnist and radio personality Mitch Albom has a new book out next week, “The Next Person You...
Buried & Forgotten: Why Did This Groundbreaking Black Artist Disappear from Local History?
Ryan Patrick Hooper Click the audio player above to listen to this story. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. on WDET...
Detroit Students Mobility Creates Challenges for Their Education
Wikipedia Bridge Magazine, ChalkBeat and Outlier Media partnered to find out how often kids in Detroit change schools, and why...
Growing Up Creative in Detroit: Panel Discussion Aims to Unravel How Detroit’s Creative Community Has Changed
Click on the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at 12 p.m. Detroit’s Month of Design continues tonight, September 26,...
Washington Post Investigation ‘Buried Under Bodies’ Looks at Homicides in Detroit
The Washington Post The Washington Post published a fascinating investigation this month into how caseloads for homicide detectives in major...
