Teens Say The Suburbs Are Depressing. Here’s What To Do About It.
Jake Neher/WDET There's a lot of conversation surrounding the way we design the places we live — our cities, our towns and...
MichMash: Whitmer Willing to Wield Veto Pen — Will She Break It Out for Vaping Regulations?
WDET Digital Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is wielding the power of the veto pen in Lansing. This week, she exercised a line-item...
A Former Inmate and a Prison Abolitionist Weigh In on Whether We Should Eliminate Prisons
Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore Is prison necessary? That’s the question posed by a recent New York Times piece spotlighting Dr....
‘Mysterious’ Michigan Studio Lures Music Icons to Canton
Cecilia Lallmann/WDET There’s a secret in Canton Township, Michigan. Eminem knows it. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin...
Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller on Growing Up In Metro Detroit, Becoming Broadway Sensation
Jeffrey Seller Jeffrey Seller is a Broadway sensation. Aside from being the producer of several iconic musicals, Seller is also the mind...
Measles Outbreak in Oakland County: Will This Change Attitudes Toward Vaccines?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention As of April 2, there have been 34 confirmed cases of measles in Michigan...
State’s Richest County Just Created Universal Free Breakfast Program
Gus Navarro/WDET The richest county in Michigan is doing something unprecedented for its low-income residents -- as well as many...
Ahead of ‘Classical Roots’ Performance, DSO African American Fellows Talk POC in Classical Music
Sydney Spaw/WDET As the Detroit Symphony Orchestra prepares for its 41st annual Classical Roots Celebration, DSO musicians are reaching out...
How Concerned Should We Really Be About Our Data and Privacy Online?
Jake Neher/WDET Technology makes our lives a lot easier and faster. The phones that are constantly in our hands, for instance, are...
Exhibit Offers Free Trip Back to the ’70s
Many March events will focus on holidays and the promise that Spring may actually come by the end of the...
Hall of Fame Gymnast Wendy Hilliard: We Must Create More Opportunity for Detroit Youth
Jake Neher/WDET Wendy Hilliard is a Hall of Fame rhythmic gymnast and the first African American gymnast to represent the United...
Does Suspension Prevent School Violence? New Study Says No
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Our automatic response to students who are violent in school is to suspend them. And that makes...