Thirty Years Ago, Nelson Mandela Visited Detroit
On June 28th, 1990, only months after being released from spending nearly three decades in prison, Nelson Mandela arrived in Detroit...
He Was Imprisoned For A Crime He Didn’t Commit. Now Free, Life Won’t Be Easy to Rebuild.
Chad Clay just moved into a home on the north side of Detroit. For the first time in nearly three...
A Teacher, Lost After 2016 Election, Finds A New Purpose In Gardening
Kathy Peterson says it might look like a night club or a rocket ship. "The lights, the fans, the metal," she...
Trump’s Tax Records May Be Coming, But Likely Not Before November Election
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed President Donald Trump a major defeat in his legal battle to keep his financial...
WDET Book Club: “Invisible Man,” Black Lives Matter and the Politics of Ralph Ellison
WDET's Book Club is back for a third year, and this summer's selection is Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," a formative work of...
Planned Parenthood: SCOTUS Birth Control Ruling Hurts Low-Income Women Most
The Supreme Court has upheld a Trump administration rule allowing businesses and organizations with religious objections to opt out of the Affordable Care Act's mandate...
The Racist, Segregationist History Behind Dearborn’s Orville Hubbard Statue
For decades, statues of racist historical figures have towered over American cities and towns. Now, many of those statues are being...
Rep. Brenda Lawrence on Police Reform: “We Went from Anguish to Action”
Protestors and activists have continued to push for dramatic change to American policing to some local and state progress, but...
Contact Tracing Ramps Up in Michigan, But Detroit Lags
The city of Detroit has requested $13.5 million from the state to fund COVID-19 case investigation and to ramp up contact...
This July Fourth, know your Bill of Rights: A WDET primer
Our July 4th holiday -- Independence Day -- marks the anniversary of the 13 original colonies' Declaration of Independence from...
Study Says Economic Recovery Disproportionately Benefitted Wealthier, White Households
The COVID-19 pandemic ended more than a decade of economic growth in the United States. From the end of the...
The Uninformed Driver’s Guide to Michigan’s Auto Insurance Reform
Auto insurance rates in Michigan are the highest in the nation according to a report by carinsurance.com published in February. But if...
