Listeners Ask, Why Does DTW Have Those Giant Fans?

CuriosiD is a regular series where listeners pose questions to the WDET staff, who then investigate the answers. See past...

Race, Environment and Justice: Detroit Today Previews Summer Book Club

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Water is life. It’s the very basis for life on this planet. And access to it is one...

Should I Stay or Should I Go? Experts Talk Cost of Living in Detroit

Jake Neher/WDET Is it realistic to expect many more people to live, raise families, or open businesses here in the...

Family of American Accused of Spying by Russia Says Little Response from Plea to Trump for Help

Courtesy of David Whelan Russian officials detained Paul Whelan in December, accusing him of having a flash drive containing state...

US Census Analysis: Which Michigan Cities Grew And Shrank Since 2010?

Today, the US Census Bureau released detailed population estimates for 2018, an indicator for how the all-important (and already controversial)...

Questions on 5G, The Latest Tech Craze, That You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask

AnnMarie Scaramuzzino/WDET As our world becomes increasingly connected through technology, the importance of a high speed, dependable internet connection cannot...

On the Media’s Brooke Gladstone Hosts Month-Long Series on Eviction Crisis

David Waitz Housing eviction is a crisis “hiding in plain sight” across America, says WNYC's On The Media host Brooke...

State Civil Rights Chief: Grosse Pointe Should Reconsider School Closings

A couple of months ago, Detroit Today highlighted a controversy brewing in Grosse Pointe. The district in that community has been working...

Rep. Dan Kildee “Reluctantly” Comes Out In Favor of Impeachment Proceedings

Jake Neher/WDET It was less than three weeks ago when U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee came on Detroit Today with Stephen...

Democrats Are Increasingly Pro-Immigrant. Here’s Why

Jake Neher/WDET Over the last 15 years or so there has been a 49-point swing in public opinion polling as to...

Labor Leaders Tour Battleground States to Blast NAFTA Replacement

Jake Neher/WDET The head of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest federation of unions, will travel to Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Metro...

As Scandal-Plagued Rep. Inman Stays Away, Fall-Out Reaches Lobbyists, Constituents

WDET Digital A Republican state lawmaker faces federal charges of bribery, extortion and lying to the FBI. Representative Larry Inman is...