Detroit youth poets describe the streets they walk each day
Quintin Pope Four middle school students at Marcus Garvey Academy on the city’s East side shared poems and photographs of...
#ISNAstories: Understanding the Line Between Faith and Culture in the U.S.
Last month over 15,000 people attended the 51st Annual Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Convention in Detroit’s Cobo Center. The...
Why do Hamtramck and Highland Park exist inside the city of Detroit?
This story is part of our new project called CuriosiD.Its goal is to take your questions about metro Detroit and...
Youth Poet on the Strength and Frustration of “Detroit”
In our continuing series “Inheriting Detroit," which looks at aspects of life in Detroit through the eyes of youth poets,...
Youth Poet on “Lumberjacks” and Family Trees
This Sunday is Father’s Day. More than 10 percent of households with children in Detroit are headed up by single...
Youth Poet Celebrates a “Sacred Woman”
This Sunday is Mother's Day. Motherhood is particularly significant in the city of Detroit, where about 60 percent of households with children...
Islamic Call To Prayer Sounding Sweeter In Hamtramck
By tradition, the Islamic call to prayer occurs five times each day. But in the past year Carol Marsh, a...
Biden Says Nation Bet on Autoworkers and Won
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says Detroit’s auto industry is healthy again, years after a federal bailout helped save car...
The Continuum: Detroit’s Youth Poets Bring Positive Message Home
Detroit’s team of young poets return from an international poetry slam in Chicago over the weekend. WDET’s Laura Weber Davis...
Brave New Voices: Meet The Team!
The 2013 Slam Team is comprised of members of iO's award-winning after-school program Citywide Poets along with youth poets who...
“Keep Going, Keep Creating” Through Poetry
On August 7th, Detroit’s youth poetry slam team travels to Chicago for Brave New Voices-- the international youth poetry slam festival....
Local Youth Poet Talks About “Church Folk”
Churchgoers throughout the region will flood local places of worship this Easter Sunday. There are hundreds of churches of all...