Motor City Makeover Looking for Volunteers to Help Clean Up Detroit

Marissa Gawel/WDET A city-wide Detroit clean-up program kicked off today. The annual effort, called “Motor City Makeover," provides volunteers resources like dumpsters and garbage...

Techweek Detroit 2015

When you mix technology and Detroit based business…you get Techweek Detroit! Techweek Detroit has returned to the Motor City. The seven-day event...

Juveniles in Michigan’s Prisons

“It is morally and fiscally the right choice not to place anyone under 18 in state prisons”       ...

How Much Do You Drive Every Day? AAA Says Average Is About 30 Minutes

How long is your commute? AAA says the average American drives almost 30 miles a day and spends 46 minutes behind...

Recycle Your Old Electronics!

Mosman Council/ CC The University of Michigan’s eighth annual electronic recycling event starts Friday. The devices will be broken and...

Michigan Roads are Breaking the Economy

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Michigan’s road conditions are endangering the state’s economy. That’s according to a report from TRIP, a national non-profit...

The Story Of A House Over Changing Decades

Angela Flournoy "The Turner House" is Angela Flournoy's debut novel. It tells the story of a home that’s stood on Detroit’s Eastside...

Shakespeare In Detroit

Host Stephen Henderson speaks with Samantha White the founder of Shakespeare in Detroit about the group's current project, Shakespeare's  tragedy King Lear, and...

Building The Mothership with Black Science Fiction

20th Century Fox The genre of science fiction has always included subversive storylines alluding to race, ethnicity, oppression and inequality....

Meet Eastpointe Mayor Suzanne Pixley

You always just go with the flow, Detroit is a wonderful city.” -Suzanne Pixley, Mayor of Eastpointe Born and raised...

Flint to Add Filter to Water System

Sarah Razak / CC The City of Flint is investing about one-and-a-half million dollars in a new filter to be...

Detroit Propose Brewster Rec Center Redevelopment

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is proposing plans to preserve the city’s Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center. The proposed...