State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud’s Dearborn Mayoral Primary ‘a Historic Victory’

Hundreds of people gathered at Dearborn Manor Tuesday night to await the city’s mayoral primary results and cheered as State Rep. Abdullah Hammoud emerged as the...

Rising Voices Amplify Centers the Stories of Metro Detroit’s Asian American Communities

With the approach of the Aug. 3 primary election, nonprofit Rising Voices seeks to empower metro Detroit’s Asian American community through...

U.S. Constitution’s Intentional Omission of Voting Rights Creates Problems for Democracy Today

Most Americans in 2021 view the right to vote and to free and fair elections as fundamental to who we...

Local Leaders Try to Undo Racism Embedded in Constitution By Seeking Reparations

As part of 101.9 FM WDET's Book Club, we're inviting the Detroit region to examine and discuss the text that impacts every resident...

Lt. Gov. Gilchrist Says Michigan Republicans Aren’t Interested in Encouraging People to Get Vaccinated

Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist says Republicans in Lansing are making it more difficult to boost vaccination rates across Michigan. He...

Racial Equality and the U.S. Constitution: Scholars on Shortcomings That Need to Be Addressed

The WDET Book Club is continuing its discussions about the U.S. Constitution to better understand how the document influences our daily...

How Detroit’s Birwood Wall, Built to Divide Black and White Residents, Still Creates Racial Barriers

A new story from NBC News and Bridge Detroit titled “Built to Keep Black from White” explores the history of Detroit's Birwood Wall. The wall,...

Feedom Freedom Growers and Taproot Sanctuary Growing Community Care Through Gardening

Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...

National Investigation of Native American Boarding Schools Hits Home in Michigan

After the continued discovery of mass unmarked graves at several Canadian indigenous boarding schools, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb...

Author Clint Smith’s New Book “How the Word Is Passed” Interrogates America’s History of Slavery

With the recent discussions surrounding critical race theory, Americans are debating how to approach the country's history of racism and oppression.  “For so...

Juneteenth Marks Second Anniversary for Free Black Women’s Library-Detroit

On Saturday, the Free Black Women’s Library-Detroit will be hosting a free outdoor book exchange at The Tuxedo Project. The event...

Critical Race Theory: What It Is, What It Isn’t and Why It Matters

Many GOP lawmakers see critical race theory as something that promotes "anti-American" ideas, in some cases going as far as to ban the...