Benton Harbor’s Water Crisis Finally Starting to Get More Attention After Three Years
For three years, residents of Benton Harbor have been dealing with contaminated drinking water, and it seems to be getting worse. Last month,...
What You Need to Know as We Head Into Our Second Winter of COVID-19
The United States has reached yet another grim milestone in this pandemic. More than 700,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19....
Michigan House Democratic Leader: “You Can’t Undo the Public Health Code in the Budget”
Earlier this week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the $70 billion 2022 fiscal year state budget into law. FY22 is considered...
NASCAR Is Unlikely to Become Racially Tolerant, Says Author of The Book “Racing While Black”
It was just last year that Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only full-time Black racer, helped get the Confederate flag banned at...
Conviction Does Not Make Up for Decades of Overlooked Abuse, “Surviving R. Kelly” Documentary Creator Says
Filmmaker dream hampton created the docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly” in 2019 to give voice to the survivors of R. Kelly’s...
Growing Up with Grief with Nolan Colter
The Science of Grief, produced by WDET and Science Gallery Detroit, explores the stories, science and solutions around grief and...
A Garage in Dearborn Becomes an Artist Sanctuary for Daniel Michelsen
It looks like every other garage on the block in this quiet Dearborn neighborhood, but multidisciplinary artist Daniel Michelsen is...
Moderate Democrats Need to Stand Their Ground on Progressive Policies, Says Author of “Begin Again”
The current stalemate in the Democratic Party between moderates and progressives proved to be destructive after Congress failed to pass the...
The U.S., Especially the Nation’s Children, Need Extra Protection Against COVID-19, Says Chair of FDA Advisory Panel
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the emergency use of a third, so-called booster shot of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine...
Bandhu Gardens Cultivating Fruit, Vegetables and Friendship in Detroit
Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...
Explore the World with These Metro Detroit Pop-up Restaurants and Food Trucks
Metro Detroit is home to a diverse population (and it continues to grow), and that rich diversity is on display...
Taking A Critical Look At Hispanic Heritage Month
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson introduced Hispanic Heritage Week. Johnson said it was for "the people of Hispanic descent ... the...
