Rashida Tlaib After Victory: ‘People Saw That I Was Real’

Jake Neher/WDET Rashida Tlaib will soon likely become the first Muslim woman ever to serve in Congress. For over fifty...

New United Way of Southeastern Michigan CEO Joins Detroit Today

Jake Neher, WDET Dr. Darienne Driver is the new president and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan. She came to...

NYT Columnist: President Trump Has A Pattern of Attacking Black Athletes [VIDEO]

It’s hard to keep up these days with the list of people President Trump chooses to attack via Twitter. But...

Race to Replace Conyers Comes Down to the Wire

Experts believed the race for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, which includes portions of Detroit and the western edge of Wayne County,...

NABJ In Detroit: Celebrating Black Journalists And Newsroom Diversity

Laura Weber-Davis, WDET This week the National Association of Black Journalists hosts its annual conference, and this year it’s in Detroit....

Trump Endorses John James To Run Against U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow

  Black Republicans—like Trump-endorsed Michigan Senate Primary candidate John James—are rare in America’s political structure. A 2018 poll from The Associated...

Comedian Chillian Thomas Talks Growing Up Black In A White Trailer Park

Gus Navarro This summer the Detroit Today community has been reading Matthew Desmond’s Evicted which takes a deeper look at...

Can The NFL Sustain Boycotts From All Sides?

Will this NFL season continue to be marred by controversies and declining viewership as we’ve seen over the last couple of...

Was Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing The Right Decision? A Look Back Five Years Later With A Member Of The EM Team

Jake Neher/WDET This week marks the fifth anniversary of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy filing. We’ve talked a lot about the bankruptcy...

City Divided: A Look At The Disparities in Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET "Two Detroits" is a phrase often said to describe the rapid rise of Detroit’s downtown and midtown against...

Activist Randall Robinson Looks Back on Nelson Mandela’s Life 100 Years After His Birth

Jake Neher/WDET Wednesday would have been the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela. The anti-apartheid revolutionary spent 27 years in a...

Reporters, Retirees Look Back at Detroit’s Bankruptcy Five Years Later

Jake Neher/WDET July 18th, 2018 marks the fifth anniversary of the City of Detroit’s historic bankruptcy—the largest municipal bankruptcy ever. The...