Free Speech Carries Costs for Elections, Protests and Vaccines
As part of 101.9 WDET’s Book Club, we’re inviting the Detroit region to examine and discuss the text that impacts...
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Talks COVID-19, Floods and Census Response
After the FDA authorized additional COVID-19 vaccine doses for the immunocompromised, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced he would offer a third dose...
Detroit Police Department Says Officer Fatally Shot Man During Drag Race
Eli Newman / WDET Detroit police say an undercover officer shot and killed a man following a crash that happened...
Flooded Basement in Metro Detroit? Here’s How to Apply for FEMA Disaster Assistance
When President Joe Biden declared the storm that impacted metro Detroit on June 25-26 a major disaster, it released funding from...
Rep. Debbie Dingell Pushes for National PFAS Regulation
PFAS, or Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, is a group of chemicals that are known to cause cancer, pregnancy and fertility complications,...
Here’s What You Need to Know About Latest COVID-19 Surge, Delta Variant
There is a new surge of COVID-19 cases being driven by the delta variant. This strain of the virus is...
Psychiatry Professor Explores Intersection of Mental Illness and Mass Incarceration
The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world, with around 2 million people locked away any given year. There...
Detroiters Still Sorting Through Aftermath of Flood
People all over metro Detroit are still recovering from last month's flooding, but residents on Detroit's east side have been devastated by the heightened impacts of every...
Coalition Says Ensuring Health and Wealth at Home Depends on Sending Money Abroad
The U.S. Global Leadership Coalition is launching a campaign called “Foreign Aid – What’s It Worth?” Coalition President Liz Schrayer...
Great Lakes Water Authority Responds to Metro Detroit Flooding, Says Blame Is Not on Organization
Detroiters want to know what and who was responsible for the neglect in the city’s infrastructure that played a role in last...
Detroit Is Not Built to Handle Climate Change
When flooding rains filled freeways and drenched basements across Metro Detroit in 2014, it was considered a 100-year flooding event....
Flooding Has Become All Too Common in Southeast Michigan, But Aging Infrastructure Remains the Same
Across Southeast Michigan, communities are reeling from the destruction caused by severe storms over the weekend. Images of flooded basements and cars...