Detroit Incinerator Shuts Down After Years of Controversy
Jake Neher/WDET It seemingly came out of nowhere on Wednesday -- the facility known by most of us as the Detroit Incinerator...
Activists, Lawmakers Working to Keep Detroiters in Their Homes
Jake Neher/WDET Much of last year on Detroit Today was spent exploring all the ways that housing insecurity drives poverty. Even people...
Meet the Civil Rights Activist Who Took Over a Neo-Nazi Group in Detroit to Destroy It
James Stern It sounds like the plot out of a fantastic Hollywood movie. A black civil rights activist finds a way to...
National Geographic Explores How We Design, Live in Cities
National Geographic Cities face massive challenges moving into the next part of the 21st century. Poverty, income inequality, gentrification, and...
New Wright Museum CEO Neil Barclay Joins Detroit Today
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History has a new leader. Neil Barclay comes to us by...
Journalist, Activist Des Cooper on “The Long Goodbye” of Caring for Aging Parents
Jake Neher/WDET Who cares for us when we get older? It’s a question we all face, sometimes with great trepidation...
Rep. Tlaib on Impeachment: “This Is a Lawless President”
Rashida Tlaib for Congress The rest of the nation is getting to know Rashida Tlaib as a member of the...
Republican Consultant Wayne Bradley: How Far Left Are Dem Candidates Going to Go?
Jake Neher/WDET The 2020 presidential race continues to shape up. That's especially clear here in Michigan as Beto O'Rourke --...
Detroit Ski Club Members Embrace Their Historic History
Miles Maxey The fight for civil rights in the 1950s and 60s extended to every part of society – including...
Are Controversial Programs in Detroit Actually Reducing Crime?
Jake Neher/WDET Detroit’s Project Green Light now has 500 businesses signed up around the city. Mayor Mike Duggan, Police Chief...
160 Years Ago A Meeting In Detroit Helped Set the Course of American History
Penguin Random House 160 years ago, abolitionist John Brown came to Detroit with 11 former slaves seeking freedom across the...
Ahead of ‘Classical Roots’ Performance, DSO African American Fellows Talk POC in Classical Music
Sydney Spaw/WDET As the Detroit Symphony Orchestra prepares for its 41st annual Classical Roots Celebration, DSO musicians are reaching out...
