Detroit ‘Dreamer’ Talks DACA, Immigration Reform
Jake Neher/WDET As Congress kicks off the latest round of negotiations over the budget and immigration, undocumented immigrants and their...
75,000 Square Foot Athletic Complex to Open on Detroit’s Eastside
Residents on Detroit’s eastside should see the former City Sports Facility reopen sometime this year. The 75-thousand square foot complex...
NPR’s Sonari Glinton on Auto Show, Self-Driving Cars, and Sexism in Auto Industry
Jake Neher/WDET The auto show feels like a big deal to our local community, but it’s sometimes difficult to gauge...
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell Talks DACA, Budget Showdown, and Auto Show
United States Congress Many members of Michigan's congressional delegation have been in town to check out the auto show this...
Sanctuary Churches in Detroit and Elsewhere Seek to Protect Immigrants
Jake Neher/WDET As Congress tries to put together a deal this week to address DACA and immigration, President Donald Trump...
“Black women are at the center of that struggle”: Recy Taylor’s Significant Story
While accepting the Cecil B. Demille lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes a week ago, Oprah Winfrey honored a...
Interfaith Gathering to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ahead of MLK Day
Jake Neher/WDET Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On Sunday, members of three congregations here in Detroit will...
What Oprah 2020 Buzz Tells Us About Celebrity and Politics
Jake Neher/WDET Politics and celebrity are not natural bedfellows in America, but they are also not terribly estranged. They are...
State Launches New Tool for School Transparency
Michigan Department of Education Michigan parents now have a new tool to vet their child’s school. The state launched the...
Federal Judge Orders Bond Hearings for Iraqi Detainees as They Fight Deportation
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Hundreds of Iraqis who have been detained and are fighting deportation got some good news this week....
Author, Historian Heather Ann Thompson Talks Winning Pulitzer in 2017
Jake Neher/WDET In April this year, author and historian Heather Ann Thompson won the Pulitzer Prize for her chilling re-telling of...
‘Jon Stewart of the Arab World’ Bassem Youssef Talks Satire in 2017
Youtube This conversation originally aired on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson on November 6, 2017 He’s been called the Jon...