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...

Detroit Cracks Down on Stripping and Stripping

  “We’ve taken a strict policy on OTE’s, the offering to engage, where we have people coming into the city,...

Feds Arrest Another Doctor in Connection with Michigan Female Genital Mutilation Case

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/ WDET   A second doctor in Michigan has been arrested in connection with alleged female genital mutilation. The...

Can Nikolai Vitti Lead Detroit Schools Toward Stability, Success?

Sascha Raiyn Nikolai Vitti will be the first permanent superintendent to lead the new Detroit Public Schools Community District. In...

Experts say Female Genital Mutilation is Both Crime and Cultural Practice

A metro Detroit doctor has been ordered detained while she awaits a trial on charges of mutilating the genitals of...