The Detroit River: Planning a Visit? Here’s Information [MAP]
Stretching from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie while it runs between Detroit and Windsor, the Detroit River offers parks,...
Scars from 1967 Detroit Uprising Still Linger
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET This week, the city of Detroit is remembering a series of days that forever changed the iconic Motor...
EPA Employees Union Says States are in Desperate Need of Additional Funding for Water Infrastructure
The Trump Administration's proposed budget has the American Federation of Government Employees sounding an alarm. A-F-G-E represents 9-thousand Environmental Protection...
Scars from 1967 Uprising Still Fresh for Some Detroiters
Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET This week the city of Detroit is remembering a series of days that forever changed the iconic Motor...
August 1967 Editorial: Letter to My Soul Brothers
The Michigan Chronicle is the state’s largest black newspaper. It was established in 1932. By July 1967, it was well established...
Stunned by Violence, Detroit Tigers Players Worked to Restore Peace in July 1967
Editor's note: John Farrup filed this story for WDET in 2007. In 1967, the Detroit Tigers were primed for a...
NPR Host Michel Martin on Letting Go of ‘Delusions’ of 1967 Uprising [VIDEO]
Jake Neher/WDET Over the last two-and-a-half decades, few broadcast journalists have done more to give voice to underrepresented communities in...
Detroit’s Grande Ballroom Survives Civil Unrest of July 1967
Noah Ovshinsky wrote and produced this story. It originally aired in 2007. During the civil unrest of July 1967, hundreds...
StoryCorps: A Father Tries to Protect His Record Store in 1967
When StoryCorps last came to town, they recorded a series of interviews at the Urban Consulate in Detroit. In one...
Effect of July 1967 on Detroit’s East Side Is Often Overlooked
Editor's note: Brian Rentschler filed this story for WDET. It aired in 2007. Detroit’s east side is one of the...
How Could a Healthcare Overhaul Affect Michigan Insurance Companies?
Henry Ford Health System The possible repercussions of the U.S. Senate’s plan to overhaul the federal health care law are...
Detroit Mayoral Candidate Coleman Young II: ‘We Need Leadership’ [VIDEO]
Jake Neher/WDET There is a familiar name running for mayor against Mike Duggan in Detroit, Coleman Young II. The son...