Are You a Gentrifier? Confronting the Hard Questions of Detroit’s Most Controversial Concept
Gus Navarro/WDET We’ve all heard the word gentrification before, and we think we know the definition. It's the process of...
Glynn Washington, Satori Shakoor, Shannon Cason on the Power of Storytelling
Jake Neher/WDET "Let me tell you a story." Are there any more powerful words in the English language than these...
Detroit Journos, Politicos Recap First Democratic Presidential Debate
Jake Neher/WDET The pool of Democratic candidates vying for a 2020 presidential run is big — so big in fact,...
Race, Environment and Justice: Detroit Today Previews Summer Book Club
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Water is life. It’s the very basis for life on this planet. And access to it is one...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Experts Talk Cost of Living in Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Is it realistic to expect many more people to live, raise families, or open businesses here in the...
“Halal Metropolis” Spotlights American Muslim Culture, Heritage in Southeast Michigan
Art is humanity in all of its complexities and nuances. There’s a connective power that brings together storylines, disrupts cultural...
On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone Hosts Month-Long Series on Eviction Crisis
David Waitz Housing eviction is a crisis “hiding in plain sight” across America, says WNYC's On The Media host Brooke...
State Civil Rights Chief: Grosse Pointe Should Reconsider School Closings
A couple of months ago, Detroit Today highlighted a controversy brewing in Grosse Pointe. The district in that community has been working...
Netflix Central Park Five Series Spotlights Criminal Justice Problems. We Still Haven’t Fixed Them
Jake Neher/WDET In 1989, five teenage boys from Harlem were arrested and charged with the rape and beating of a...
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Celebrates Juneteenth this Weekend
Jake Neher/WDET Everyone knows about the 4th of July. But have you ever heard of Juneteenth? The holiday’s name combines...
Salt Mines Below Detroit Inspire Local Poet to Create Techno-Inspired Choreopoem
Courtesy of jessica Care moore Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from...
Benton Harbor Community At Odds with Whitmer on Plan to Close High School
Jake Neher/WDET Benton Harbor’s school district is more than $18 million in debt, according to the Whitmer administration. The governor says if...