Thirty Years Ago, Nelson Mandela Visited Detroit
On June 28th, 1990, only months after being released from spending nearly three decades in prison, Nelson Mandela arrived in Detroit...
On June 28th, 1990, only months after being released from spending nearly three decades in prison, Nelson Mandela arrived in Detroit...
Chad Clay just moved into a home on the north side of Detroit. For the first time in nearly three...
The Coronavirus pandemic has put a spotlight on racial inequity within the health care system. Despite having just 14% of...
WDET's Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer's selection is Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," a formative work of...
Many news outlets have historically lowercased terms describing race while capitalizing ethnicities. “Identity and labels are very, very individual and...
For decades, statues of racist historical figures have towered over American cities and towns. Now, many of those statues are being...
Protestors and activists have continued to push for dramatic change to American policing to some local and state progress, but...
As the country continues to dig into this moment of reckoning with racial disparities and systemic oppression, many Americans are...
Weeks of protests against system racism and police brutality have many people feeling like substantial reforms to law enforcement practices...
The COVID-19 pandemic ended more than a decade of economic growth in the United States. From the end of the...
America is in the middle of a collective reckoning, unpacking the country’s history of systemic racism and violence. "The president...
From a pandemic to demands for a police overhaul, the pressure on elected officials to act and legislate with urgency...