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

Ryan Patrick Hooper, LaToya Cross October 23, 2019

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

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

David Leins October 22, 2019

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

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

Detroit Today October 22, 2019

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

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

Jerome Vaughn October 22, 2019

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

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

Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher October 21, 2019

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

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

Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher October 21, 2019

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

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Children In Poverty Annie E. Casey Foundation 10.17.19-jn
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Half of All Black Kids in Michigan Live in Concentrated Poverty

Detroit Today October 17, 2019

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

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When Miles Davis Walked the Streets of Detroit

Detroit Today October 17, 2019

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

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Meet the DIA’s New Indigenous Art Curator

CultureShift, LaToya Cross October 16, 2019

The opportunity to work with the Detroit Institute of Arts' robust Native American Art collection was the golden ticket that...

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What Do General Motors Union Workers on Strike Do When They’re Not Picketing?

Laura Herberg October 15, 2019

Editor’s note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. United Auto Workers have been on strike against...

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Michigan House Passes Bill To Preserve Mental Health Counselors Ability to Practice

Eleanore Catolico October 15, 2019

Update, 10/24/19: This bill has now passed the State Senate and is going to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to be signed...

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Michigan Recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day, But For This State Senator That’s Not Enough

Detroit Today October 14, 2019

Today is Indigenous People's Day in many cities and states across the country, and Michigan is the latest to adopt the...

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