Discussion Over Future of City Golf Courses Not Quite Over
Three Detroit owned golf courses will remain open. City Council voted this week to award a management contract to Signet...
Questions of Race in America in Wake of Austin Bombings
State of Texas A series of bombings rocked Austin, Texas, over the past couple weeks, and now the key suspect is...
New POLITICO Magazine Profile on Sen. Tim Scott Explores Being Black in GOP
Office of Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) It’s difficult for most white people in America to understand the alienating experience of...
Juveniles “Caught” in the Justice System Featured on New Podcast
On any given night in America, 53,000 young people are in some form of lockup. And nearly 60 percent are black,...
President of Spelman College on Obama Portraits and African American Fine Art
National Portrait Gallery When the official Obama portraits were unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. earlier this...
Actress, Social Activist Denise Nicholas: ‘These Kids…That’s What Gives Me Hope’
Jake Neher/WDET Actress Denise Nicholas was 19 in 1964 when she left home here in Michigan to join the Free Southern...
Detroit, Suburban Student Organizers Talk About School Walkouts [VIDEO]
Annie Scaramuzzino/WDET Students across the country walked out of school on Wednesday to protest gun violence. Plenty of students at schools...
Why Are People of Color Leaving White Evangelical Churches?
FEMA/Jannah Scott There have been a lot of headlines recently about President Donald Trump’s alleged extramarital affair with an adult-film actress...
New Book Explores Murder and Race in the Gothic South
Laura Weber Davis/WDET A new book explores the many layers of societal intrigue and racial injustice that surrounded a 1932...
BBC Series To Explore Detroit Through Its Literary Scene
Laura Weber Davis/WDET What can we learn about a city through its literary community -- the authors, the writers, the...
Major Repairs Planned for Former Detroit Boat Club
A deteriorating building at the foot of the Belle Isle Bridge is expected to get a facelift. After years of...
Was the Kerner Commission Report the Beginning of the ‘Unraveling of American Liberalism?’
Sandra Svoboda Fifty years ago, the Kerner Commission appointed by then President Lyndon B. Johnson drafted a major report on...
