Report: State Officials Aware of Problem with Flint River Water

State officials reportedly knew of problems with Flint’s water supply long before the city switched to a new system that...

The Detroit Today Conversation about “Detroit Bankruptcy: One Year Later”

  The Detroit Bankruptcy ruling is a year old, and WDET’s News Director Jerome Vaughn and Special Assignment Manager Sandra...

Kalamazoo Promise Turns Ten

DucDigital/Creative Commons The Kalamazoo Promise celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. The Promise pays in-state college tuition for all kids...

Ben Carson’s Inconsistencies in His Autobiography

Gage Skidmore / Flickr   It was a strange weekend for Republican presidential candidate and Detroit native Ben Carson. Late...

Picking It Up: Changes to Detroit’s Trash and Snow Removal

Throughout the bankruptcy proceedings, cuts to city pensions and threats to the Detroit Institute of Arts' collection ruled the headlines....

The Story of Detroit’s Bankruptcy: A “Takeover” or an Inevitable Financial Crisis?

Detroit is approaching its one-year anniversary of emerging from the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy, and the city has changed. Perhaps...

City’s Finances, Leadership Culture Changed by Bankruptcy

Irvin Corley Jr. spent the past half-century providing an independent analysis of Detroit’s finances for the City Council. Quinn Klinefelter...

Voices of Detroit: A Year After Bankruptcy

WDET's Bre'Anna Tinsley traveled around the city, asking people if they believe Detroit is making a comeback and listening to...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 11-7-15

This week on RREM, we'll explore tracks from, and give away copies of the new Dylan Bootleg Series, Vol. 12......

Thousands Expected for Detroit Veterans Day Parade

Thousands of area residents are expected to show up on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit Saturday for the city’s Veterans’ Day Parade....

It’s All Good: Talkin’ Place, Pot & Poetry with the Legendary John Sinclair

"I'm not an activist like I was when I was young ... to the extent that I went to prison...

What’s Happened in 10 Years of Lake St. Clair and Detroit River Restoration

Fish populations in Lake Saint Clair and the Detroit River are reportedly on the rebound in a big way. U.S....