U.S. Education Secretary Refuses to Ban Federal Funding for Schools that Discriminate

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will not say whether she would...

Fruit Juice Does Little for Infants

WDET Marketing The American Academy of Pediatrics says fruit juice has no nutritional value for infants younger than a year...

How Do Toys Affect A Child’s Self-Image, View of Society?

Laura Weber Davis/WDET Recently, a two-year old girl in South Carolina went into a Target to pick out a doll. When she...

LeVar Burton Brings Star Trek, Reading Rainbow Stories to Motor City Comic Con

Courtesy of Motor City Comic Con There are only a few actors who are very well known for having played...

Wayne State Holds Cycling Benefit for Homeless Students

Jake Neher/WDET Wayne State University's third annual urban cycling event, the 2017 Baroudeur, will be held on Saturday, August 19th....

Youth Businesses Step Into the Spotlight

Sascha Raiyn The Mackinac Center and Junior Achievement are partnering to host the Children’s Business Fair at the Detroit Historical...

Comedian Louie Anderson Helps Combat Preterm Births in Detroit

makeyourdate.org Comedian Louie Anderson has had a long and varied career -- from serving as host of the Family Feud...

‘Marketplace Stories’ Blends Arab Culture and Poetry of ASL

Wild Swan Theater is particular about the stories it chooses to tell. No princess stories about ‘physical appearance or being...

Duggan Touts New Development On “Abandoned” Lot, Skaters Wary of Being Pushed Out

Eli Newman / WDET Keviyan Richardson is perfecting a kickflip at a skatepark in the middle of a nearly empty lot...

What Is Privilege and Has It Changed Across Racial, Generational Lines?

Jake Neher/WDET Defining privilege can be difficult. In a modern context, discussion of privilege often centers around the idea of...

Is Eviction a Symptom or a Cause of Poverty?

Flickr  Should officials in America do more to keep people in their homes, even if tenants are far behind on...

“Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” comes to Fisher Theatre

The Broadway play, based on the best-selling book “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”, comes to Detroit’s...