Model D Tells Stories of Detroit’s Cody-Rouge Neighborhood

Detroit’s Cody Rouge neighborhood is the subject of a new reporting project by Model D Media.  The website has embedded...

Chemical Bank Makes Detroit Its New Corporate Home

Chemical Bank Chemical Bank has named Detroit as the home of its new, 20-story corporate headquarters.  The facility, which will...

MichMash: Check Your Ballot Before You Wreck Your Ballot [VIDEO]

  WDET Digital The August 7 primary elections are just a couple of weeks away. That means candidates are ramping...

After More than a Decade Michigan Chef Beats Back Deportation

  cafegulistan.com An immigration judge is preventing the federal government from deporting a Kurdish chef who’s lived quietly in Michigan...

Gordie Howe International Bridge Breaks Ground

Alex McLenon   Michigan and Canadian officials were on hand at the ground-breaking of the site of the future U.S. Port of...

Detroit Grand Prix Contract Talks Race On

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET   Volunteers, local business owners and protesters assembled at the Belle Isle Boat House as organizers of the...

MichMash: Could Too Many Ballot Proposals Cause Political Overload for Voters?

WDET Digital This week, a campaign to make voting easier in Michigan turned in their signatures to appear on the...

Study Finds Dramatic Drop in Percentage of Blacks Who Own Homes in Michigan

Urban Institute A newly-released study finds that the percentage of African Americans who own their own home dropped more in...

Felony Forgiveness: Detroit Offers Clean Slate for Criminal Pasts

"In the real world, people are always going to look at a felony differently.” Willie, a participant in Project Clean Slate There’s a...

Bitcoin ATM’s Popping Up in Detroit

Bitcoin ATM’s are increasingly appearing around metro-Detroit. The machines allow users to exchange cash for the crypto-currency. Bitcoin of America has eight terminals in metro-Detroit. CEO Sonny Mehraban says bitcoin ATM’s cater to those with little, or...

Ed Deeb Leaves Lasting Mark on Detroit Youth, Belle Isle [VIDEO]

Tensions were high in Detroit when a grocery store owner and two teenagers were killed in 1980. Then-Detroit Mayor Coleman...

The Song Remains (Mostly) the Same: DSO Takes on Led Zeppelin

  Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has featured music from a variety of composers. But a bit different symphonic...