Rep. Tlaib on Family in Palestine: “They Just Want to Live”

After weeks of violence, the Israel-Hamas cease-fire is now holding. Several human rights groups, including ones inside of Israel, are...

AAPI Stories: “It Was a Reckoning for Us”

This month, WDET is amplifying the diverse stories of our local Asian American and Pacific Islander community, sharing the joys and struggles...

Future of Line 5 Uncertain After Enbridge Ignores Whitmer’s Order to Shut Down

Oil and gas are still flowing through Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. That’s despite Gov. Gretchen...

Detroit’s Black Middle Class Is Disappearing

Detroit has a middle class that’s nearly unobtainable for many African American and Latinx people, while economic growth continues for whites....

How Industries Can Profit from Historic Inequities and Create Oppressive Systems

Chapter Two of the Atlantic's Inheritance project continues to explore Black history in the Spaces and Places "Where Memories Live." One...

Coulter Highlights Oakland County’s Pandemic Successes, Says Transit Still a Priority

Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter says he's as committed as ever to working with regional leaders to propose, adopt and fund a regional...

Protesters Challenge U.S.’s Middle East Policies as Biden Visits Dearborn

This feature originally aired on NPR. A broad coalition of activists gathered in Dearborn Tuesday as President Joe Biden visited...

Amid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brokers Help for People With Disabilities

Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein, who is both Jewish and blind, has been in the Middle East since the...

AAPI Stories: “Our Life Together Has Really Been a Gift”

This month, WDET is amplifying the diverse stories of our local Asian American and Pacific Islander community, sharing the joys...

Tell Us Your AAPI Story

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and WDET, in partnership with Detroit Public TV, is amplifying the...

New Report Shows American Journalists Attacked and Arrested at an Unprecedented Rate in 2020

Fibonacci Blue/Flickr Since the murder of George Floyd last May, millions of Americans protested in the streets calling for changes to policing and...

The Case for Using Historic Designation to Boost Economic Opportunity

The Atlantic's Inheritance Chapter Two explores "Black History in the Spaces and Places Where Memories Live." One of the latest pieces in...