Damon Young’s Book “What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Blacker” Challenges Perceptions of Race
Damon Young/Twitter It’s clear when you read his writing on VerySmartBrothas.com -- Damon Young is one of the sharpest, funniest and...
“Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win” Looks at Rise, Fall of Brutal Detroit STRESS Police Unit
Jake Neher/WDET Just a few years removed from the 1967 Rebellion, a new police unit appeared on the streets of...
The Inequality of Air Pollution: Who Creates It and Who Breathes It In?
Jake Neher/WDET Last week’s news that the Detroit incinerator would close was cheered by environmental activists who had worked for...
Is Trump’s Goal to Eliminate HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ten Years Possible?
Jennifer Kates In his State of the Union Address, President Trump declared he would lead his administration to eliminate the...
Meet the Couple Reunited in Michigan After Two Years of Separation Under Travel Ban
Gus Navarro/WDET We’ve heard a lot in the past year about how the Trump administration’s immigration policies affect families. A recent piece...
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...