Author Colson Whitehead on “The Nickel Boys,” “Invisible Man,” and Racial Inequity
As the country continues to dig into this moment of reckoning with racial disparities and systemic oppression, many Americans are...
Whitmer Closes Indoor Seating at Bars in Metro Detroit
A new executive order from Governor Gretchen Whitmer means bars that make more than 70% of their revenue from alcohol...
Detroit Perfume-Maker Says New Scents Will Help Us Move Past Pandemic
If your house smelled like lemon on a Saturday morning, it was a cleaning day. That smell of fresh citrus...
Best of 2020 (So Far): The WDET Playlist
We're officially halfway through 2020. There have been a few ups and lots of downs in 2020, but through it...
COVID Diaries: Finding A Reason to Be Joyful
101.9 WDET presents "COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience." Through WDET's StoryMakers and in partnership with Documenting Detroit, we've commissioned five documentary...
Yankee Air Museum at Willow Run Reopens With New Safety Rules for Visitors
Editor's note: this story has been updated with information about the cancellation of the Thunder Over MIchigan air show. --...
Fund For Detroit’s Black Farmers Raises Thousands To Generate More Land Ownership
As the country continues to focus on both police brutality and the myriad ways people of color are put at a systemic...
Detroit’s Major Museums To Reopen on July 10th
Detroit’s major museums have announced plans to re-open their doors to patrons on Friday, July 10th. The Detroit Institute of...
“Black Lives Matter” At A Church In Gentrifying Corktown Neighborhood
On the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in the city’s Corktown neighborhood, St. Peter's Episcopal Church is practicing “radical hospitality.”...
COVID Diaries: A New And Unfamiliar World
101.9 WDET presents "COVID Diaries: Stories of Resilience." Through WDET's StoryMakers and in partnership with Documenting Detroit, we've commissioned five documentary...
During Black Lives Matter Movement, Protest Art Can Be the Needle That Threads Change
Artist Nina Simone said that it is an artists’ duty to reflect the times they live in. This resonates in the current era of socio-political unrest. ...
A Monument to Malice Green Rises in Highland Park
At the corner of Hamilton and Puritan Avenue in Highland Park, Sydney G. James is painting a 3,500-square-foot mural on...