Muslims in Metro Detroit celebrate Eid al-Fitr
Share your Eid moments with WDET for a chance to be featured using the hashtag #EidInDetroit on Instagram or...
Muslims Building Bridges unity iftars bring community together after two years of COVID-19
During the first two years of the pandemic, Metro Detroiters had to forgo celebrating religious holidays with others. For...
Here’s where you can celebrate Eid al-Fitr around Metro Detroit
Eid Al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan. It's a feast where people eat, gather and pray with family, friends...
New funding for beautification projects will help Detroiters “reclaim the land”
Detroit is giving out $2.25 million to help beautify its neighborhoods. It’s the first project of the Neighborhood Improvement...
Detroit City Council directs ARPA funds to Detroiters
Bridge Detroit’s city hall reporter Malachi Barrett recently covered a Detroit council meeting in which the council approved an...
Detroiter sets course to be first Black woman to complete Bruce Trail since Underground Railroad passages
Zwena Gray is embarking on an adventure. The 20-year-old Detroiter will spend the next six weeks hiking the 559...
Organizers launched crowdfunding campaign to offer lifeline to undocumented families in Metro Detroit during pandemic
“Communities of Hope” features Detroiters from communities of color who have been looking for ways to persevere during the pandemic....
The state of Michigan’s cannabis industry
We’re now about three years into Michigan’s experiment with legal recreational marijuana. Recreational cannabis retailers now exist all across the...
Building a sustainable neighborhood in Highland Park
While many are hoping that policymakers rescue us from a warming planet, some are actively working to build out...
Some Afghan evacuees have been waiting for months in Metro Detroit hotels for housing
More than 1,700 Afghans have arrived in Michigan since the United States left Afghanistan in August, according to the...
Making maple sugar in the Detroit Sugarbush
On Feb. 18, people with the Detroit Sugarbush Project – many of them Indigenous – gathered in Rouge Park...
Patrick Lyoya’s death sparks new and old questions about law enforcement
The April 4th police killing of Grand Rapids resident Patrick Lyoya poses questions about law enforcement that are both new...
