The Intersection: What Is Detroit’s Business Community Doing to Address Poverty?

Nick Mattar As part of our work with the Detroit Journalism Cooperative, WDET is reporting on the issues the Kerner...

The Intersection: Focus: HOPE CEO Talks Tackling Poverty in Detroit

wjgomes FOCUS: Hope was one of the organizations founded after the 1967 uprising in Detroit. It's focused on racial healing...

The Intersection: Documentary Producer Talks Growing Up In Detroit

Laura Weber Davis, WDET A documentary film crew is driving around the country in Elvis Presley's Rolls Royce for a film...

Paradise Valley Returns to Detroit

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority is approving a plan to redevelop a historic neighborhood. Paradise Valley Cultural and...

What Has The Affordable Care Act Meant for Patients?

Enroll Michigan Hundreds of thousands of low­ income Michiganders have signed up for affordable health insurance thanks to Obamacare. Thousands more...

Former Detroit Mayor Bing Remembers Ali, Questions Rising Demolition Costs

Groups supporting the “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative are meeting in Detroit this week. And they are hailing the humanitarian efforts...

Enbridge, Environmentalists Spar Over Mackinac Straits Pipeline

flickr What would happen if the oil pipeline beneath the water in the Straits of Mackinac suddenly starts leaking? Some researchers...

Emergency Curfew in Effect for Ford Fireworks

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET It’s summer time in Detroit. The River Days festival is underway. The annual Detroit Ford Fireworks takes place...

What You Need to Know About Ford Fireworks

Detroit and Windsor share a summer tradition Monday, with the 58th annual fireworks show over the Detroit River. Thousands of people...

Federal Investigators say Flint Water Crisis was ‘Entirely Preventable’

A new federal report finds that the level of lead in the blood of children from Flint increased dramatically after...

Study Finds Detroit is One of Nation’s Hot Spots for HIV

Experts say that Detroit is one of 40 cities in the nation most affected by cases of HIV. The vast...

Can Trump Win Michigan?

Jake Neher/WDET Donald Trump could be the first Republican presidential nominee to win Michigan since 1988, says Gongwer News Service...