Canton’s Small Business Community Weathers COVID-19 Pandemic on Creativity and Local Support

This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met and issues they...

Little-Known Sleeping Bear Dunes ‘Gateway’ Road Inching Forward, But Still Decades Away

If you look at Benzie County on Google Maps, you’ll notice a dark green strip of land about five miles long...

A Year Into the Pandemic, Some People Are Fatigued, Less Polite and Confused About Vaccines

This story is part of WDET’s Crossing the Lines: Canton Battles COVID series, reconnecting listeners with the people they met...

Census Shows Michigan Grows, Still Loses U.S. House Seat

Michigan’s slow population growth over the past decade will cost the state a U.S. House seat, continuing a decades-long trend...

Michigan Falling Behind Other States, Countries in Ending ‘Period Poverty’

State lawmakers and advocates are renewing efforts to get rid of the sales tax on menstrual products in Michigan. It...

Writer Beth Nguyen Discusses the Significance of a Name and Why She Changed Hers

Beth Nguyen wasn't always Beth. Her given name, the popular Vietnamese Bich (pronounced "Bic"), led to constant questioning (“You know what your name...

Michigan Science Center’s “Earth. Wind. Weather.” Exhibit Showcases the Planet’s Wild Phenomena

The new exhibition “Earth. Wind. Weather.” is the latest installation to take the Michigan Science Center (MiSCi) by storm. The exhibit, which is now...

Raquel Castaneda-Lopez on Leaving Detroit City Council, Creating Opportunity for Others and Addressing Harassment

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Raquel Castañeda-López took office in 2014, part of a wave of new council members who swept into...

Kresge Foundation in Detroit Powers Up New Transmitter for WDET

If you've been listening to WDET for the past few months, you have heard about our need for a new transmitter....

Documenters’ Jimmy Gutierrez Says Program Drives Community Journalism

Detroit Documenters, a program that trains and pays citizens to attend and document public meetings, is growing. Documenters began in...

Dazmonique Carr of Deeply Rooted Produce Aims To Change the Narrative of Farmers and Food Growers

Rooted is WDET’s newest offering of stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land...

See Who’s Running For Office in Detroit’s Municipal Election

The city of Detroit's municipal elections are on Aug. 3. Though petitions need certification and candidates are subject to change, you...