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...

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...