Looking to Buy a Home in Metro Detroit? Find Out How to Get a $15K Forgivable Loan

Additional money is coming to help people purchase homes in areas of Michigan hit hard by the mortgage crisis. The...

Why Is the Motor City Encouraging E-Scooters?

Eli Newman / WDET A version of this story originally aired on Marketplace. For a city that built its name...

Fear and Loathing in Corktown: Detroit’s Oldest Surviving Neighborhood Deals with Change

Jake Neher/WDET Change is happening in Corktown. But not all residents see it as change for the better. Corktown is...

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Programming Lineup

 MONDAY, DECEMBER 31-- NEW YEAR’S EVE 9-10 am: Capitol Steps: Politics Takes A Holiday. Has it been a rough year? Did...

Detroit Races Past Bankruptcy Amid Fears Some Residents Being Left Behind

The city of Detroit has reached a major milestone. Five years ago the Motor City filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy...

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Programming Schedule

  MONDAY, DECEMBER 24 Christmas Eve 9-10 am:  Stephen Henderson's Christmas Picks   10 am-12 pm:  On Point 12-1 pm: Culture Shift ...

Author Jeffrey Eugenides Returns To Detroit As “The Virgin Suicides” Turns 25

Jeffrey Eugenides Author Jeffrey Eugenides was born and raised in Detroit, so it’s fitting that two of his most noteworthy...

Playwright And MacArthur Award Winner Dominique Morisseau Returns Home To Detroit For “Pipeline”

Dominique Morisseau is a world-renowned playwright who was awarded a MacArthur Genius award this year. She’s also a native of Detroit...

Postcards from Hamtramck: A Shopping Cart to the the World

Established 18 years ago, Al-Haramine International Foods caters to the region’s diverse and growing immigrant population. They sell Yemeni, Bangladeshi, Indian, Polish,...

Detroit Today Hosts Robust Conversation on Housing Insecurity in Final Book Club Event

In 2018, Detroit Today hosted a summer community read of Matthew Desmond's book "Evicted", a Pulitzer Prize winning look at poverty and...

CuriosiD: Detroit’s Citywide Address Change and the Search for 203 Pingree

Listener Kathy Hall Knall has a question about a home from her family's past in Detroit: My father grew up...

“We’re the Richest Democracy With the Worst Poverty,” says EVICTED Author Matthew Desmond

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson has spent much of 2018 reading with listeners, discussing some...