Michigan Restaurant Workers Make Too Little to Qualify for Emergency Funding
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended expectations and lives for Michigan's service workers. In the past few decades, the restaurant industry...
Smokey Robinson: Legendary Singer, Songwriter and Motown Executive
When we speak of Motown royalty, one of the first artists who comes to mind if Detroit's own Smokey Robinson....
Cheyna Roth’s New True Crime Book Sheds Light on Popular Cold Cases
Over the last few years, interest in murders and assaults from the past is increasing with as true crime shows...
The Motown Museum is Back: Social Distancing, a New Exhibit and a Slice of Detroit History
A trip to the Motown Museum will be different these days. After a four-month shutdown due to COVID-19, the historic...
After 44-Year Run, Dally in the Alley Won’t Happen This September
The free neighborhood festival Dally in the Alley started as a protest party 44 years ago. Wayne State University wanted...
WDET Book Club: Author JM Holmes on “Invisible Man” and Identity
WDET’s Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer’s selection is Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” a formative...
COVID-19 Could Finally Push Michigan’s Service Workers to Unionize
We’re facing an unprecedented time for many business sectors, but especially the food industry. Many restaurants were forced to close...
Herbie Hancock: A Primer for the Jazz Fusionist, Miles Davis Collaborator
Jazz icon Herbie Hancock began his extraordinary journey on April 12, 1940, in Chicago, Ill. "First of all, I define...
Thirty Years Ago, Nelson Mandela Visited Detroit
On June 28th, 1990, only months after being released from spending nearly three decades in prison, Nelson Mandela arrived in Detroit...
WDET Book Club: “Invisible Man,” Black Lives Matter and the Politics of Ralph Ellison
WDET's Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer's selection is Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," a formative work of...
COVID Diaries: Love On Your Journey Because That’s Why You’re Here
101.9 WDET presents "COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience." Through WDET's StoryMakers and in partnership with Documenting Detroit, we've commissioned five documentary...
Motown’s Little-Known Political Hits Started Before Marvin Gaye
Motown's political legacy is often connected to the 1971 release of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” But the label’s past with politics...
