Created Equal: Shining a light on inequities in Detroit, America

Detroit, and its history, is ground zero for understanding the promise of opportunity and the challenge of inequality in this...

The Metro: Declining population means new Detroit City Council districts

Welcome to The Metro, WDET’s daily news and culture show hosted by Nick Austin and Tia Graham. Each week on...

Maple Theater management announces historic theater will close its doors

The Maple Theater — a long-time institution for independent film buffs in metro Detroit — will close its doors after...

RNC empanels special committee to resolve Michigan leadership dispute

The Republican National Committee has stepped in to resolve the dispute over who is leading the Michigan Republican Party. A...

UAW endorsement of Biden comes amid massive organizing campaign

President Joe Biden was in metro Detroit for a campaign stop last week to meet with voters and union leaders....

Jury deliberations underway in Jennifer Crumbley manslaughter trial

Jury deliberations began Monday for the mother of the teen who killed four classmates at Oxford High School in 2021...

Arab American leaders urge people to vote in primaries, even if they are upset

President Joe Biden was in metro Detroit last week to meet with union leaders, but he did not meet with...

Dearborn ramps up security after WSJ op-ed calls it ‘America’s jihad capital’

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Dearborn, Michigan, is ramping up its police presence in response to fallout from an opinion piece...

Wayne Kramer, co-founder of revolutionary rock band the MC5, dead at 75

NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore...

MichMash: Sen. Nesbitt on trying to find ‘common ground’ with Michigan Democrats

Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt joined MichMash host Cheyna Roth and Gongwer's Alethia Kasban this week to talk about his reaction...

Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in ‘Rocky’ movies and ‘The Mandalorian,’ dies

NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo...

Detroit Evening Report: State approves $65M to improve water infrastructure in several Michigan cities

Michigan’s office of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy or EGLE approved nearly $66 million in grants to help upgrade infrastructure...