‘How’s Detroit Doing?’ — Reporters Discuss Tackling Simple Yet Thorny Question
Laura Weber Davis/WDET You’ll hear us at WDET talk a lot during our fall fundraiser about the value of not-for-profit...
State Fairgrounds Coalition Demands Answers; Files Freedom of Information Requests
It’s been five years since the State of Michigan awarded development of the State Fairgrounds to Lansing-based Magic Plus, LLC. Now...
Freedom House’s TJ Rogers on Welcoming Asylum Seekers, Surviving Threat to Funding
Jake Neher/WDET Freedom House Detroit houses and provides services to asylum seekers who arrive here in Southeast Michigan. It’s an organization...
Vicente Fox’s Message of ‘Build Bridges, Not Walls’ Has Become Quite Literal
Vicente Fox When former President of Mexico Vicente Fox visited Michigan in 2008, he said he didn't understand building walls,...
Former Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin: Trump Reshaping GOP in His Image
Courtesy of Evan McMullin President Donald Trump ran on a promise to “drain the swamp” -- of disrupting the political system in a...
Ancient Michigan Petroglyph Site Irrevocably Damaged
Vandals have defaced one of Michigan’s oldest historic parks. Officials say someone using a sharp tool, created new carvings in...
Detroit DACA Recipient with Dreams of Practicing Law: ‘I’ll Lose All of That’
Jake Neher/WDET Dozens of Detroiters and local immigration activists are protesting the Trump Administration’s decision to end the federal program...
Can Standardized Tests Tell Us What’s Working – And What’s Not – in Michigan Schools?
Laura Weber Davis/WDET This week, the Michigan Department of Education released results from last year’s standardized test scores for Michigan students....
How Does Trump’s Arpaio Pardon Compare to Past Presidential Pardons?
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio embodies the harshest -- critics would say cruelest -- attitudes Americans have toward...
What’s Behind Rise in White Anger?
Courtesy of Dan Gottlieb The image published around the world from Charlottesville was of a sea of white men holding...
StoryCorps Detroit Podcast: “The city is like one big house”
One day while renovating her recently purchased home, 55-year-old Tate Osten heard a knock on the door. When she answered it,...
John Lee Hooker To Be Inducted Into Detroit Sound Hall of Fame on 100th Birthday
National Park Service Tuesday marks what -- most historians believe -- would have been bluesman John Lee Hooker's 100th birthday. He's...