CuriosiD: What’s Happened at the State Fairgrounds?

Listener Jennifer Gulati is curious about the status of the Michigan State Fairgrounds at Woodward and 8 Mile. “I show...

The Legacy of the White Panther Party

Jake Neher/WDET Revolution.  Any number of groups in the late 1960s dreamed of it, a radical reconstruction of society forged in...

Survey Shows Southeast Michigan Residents Feel Safe in Downtown Detroit

WDET The Downtown Detroit Partnership reports the results of an annual perception survey show people are feeling increasingly positive about...

Opioid Crisis vs. the War on Drugs: A Double Standard?

Yeshua University & Stanford University Opioid addiction and related deaths disproportionately affect both poor, rural white communities and middle class,...

First 80 Families Completed the DLBA’s Buy Back Program

WDET More than 80 families in Detroit are buying back their homes that had been lost to foreclosure. The first...

Freep Reporters Find System Protects Bad Cops in Michigan

Laura Weber Davis/WDET When we see violence involving police, we long for justice. When police are targeted at the receiving...

Are We Desensitized to Viral Violence?

Hillary Crawford/WDET There's a familiar cycle emerging when it comes to violent encounters between police and civilians: a hastily shot...

Detroit’s Focus: HOPE Founded In the Aftermath of July 1967

Editor's note: Ashley Woods wrote and produced this story for WDET. It aired in 2007. In the aftermath of July...

Could a $2.5 Million Budget Item Erode Michigan’s Ban on Private School Vouchers?

Elizabeth Garrett The courts could soon decide whether private and parochial schools in Michigan can receive $2.5 million in public tax dollars....

Bridging the Gap Between DPD and the LGBT Community

In past decades, Detroit Police have been known to target gay people, building a prolonged mistrust of the department over...

New Detroit Superintendent: “Pressure Is Even Higher Because I’m Not African American”

Laura Weber Davis/WDET All the hype about Detroit’s turnaround could turn out to be meaningless. That’s if the city doesn’t...

Can Michigan Make Medical Marijuana Law Less Hazy?

Courtesy of LOVELAND Technologies Michigan is still trying to grapple with the law voters approved in 2008 that legalized medical...