Wayne State Researchers Battle Lingering Effects of Syrian Civil War

Alex McLenon For more than a year the Stress Trauma and Anxiety Research Clinic at Wayne State University has worked...

Medical Researchers: Kids Were Not ‘Poisoned’ In Flint Water Crisis

Jake Neher/WDET When we think about the horrors of the Flint Water Crisis, the thing that often comes to mind first...

‘It Touches You…It’s Traumatic’–The Effects of Eviction and Housing Insecurity on Kids

WDET This Wednesday, the Detroit Today team is having another in-community book club meeting for their summer reading of Matthew Desmond’s Pulitzer...

StoryCorps Detroit: Is this Detroit Institution Under-Rated? [PHOTOS]

Sean Ryan Everett is the executive director of the Detroit Public Library Foundation and Crystal Powell is the board president....

Framed by WDET: The Sweet Science

Cydni Elledge Going beyond the lens of decay and revitalization, Framed by WDET offers a balanced perspective to the mainstream media’s common narrative...

Ed Deeb Leaves Lasting Mark on Detroit Youth, Belle Isle [VIDEO]

Tensions were high in Detroit when a grocery store owner and two teenagers were killed in 1980. Then-Detroit Mayor Coleman...

Former Juvenile Lifer From Detroit Discusses the Horrors of 43 Years in Prison

Jake Neher/WDET For decades in America, there has been a debate about the extent to which the law should punish young...

StoryCorps Detroit: Not Ready to Die

Detroiter Roy Sims was diagnosed with a serious heart condition that doctors told him would be his demise.  StoryCorps "It...

New Book Strives to Make Muslim American Children Feel At Home At Home

Shayma Mustafa Shayma Mustafa  released her first book last week. It’s called Excuse Me Ma’am, Excuse Me Sir – I’m...

Billionaire Tom Steyer Talks About Putting Millions of Dollars Into Impeaching Trump

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Note: This conversation first aired on Detroit Today on March 20, 2018. If you watch cable news...

LA Times Looks At Innovative Ways Detroit ER is Trying To Stem Violent Crime

Los Angeles Times The problem of violent crime in a city like Detroit seems almost hopelessly complex as it spreads...

Smartphones, Email and Online Communities: Tech Analyst Says Sometimes You Should Take a Sabbatical [TRANSCRIPT, VIDEO]

Note: danah boyd does not capitalize her name. Sandra Svoboda/WDET When danah boyd started researching how people used technology and...