This Detroit Non-Profit Wants to Spread Bike Culture to Every Neighborhood in the City
Do you remember what it felt like to have your own bike as a kid? For many of us, it...
“Detroit Promise” Program Expands to Include 4-Year Universities
Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET The “Detroit Promise” college scholarship program is expanding to include free tuition at four-year institutions. Any Detroit...
Head Start Program Changes Prove Successful; Leads to Expansion
Detroit is helping to lead the way on a new model for the early childhood learning program Head Start. Officials...
Getting a Job Can Be More Complicated for Some Detroiters
One of Detroit’s biggest employment services is beefing up its mission with a new C-E-O. The Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation...
How Can Kids and Schools Deal With Post-Election Turbulence?
Jake Neher/WDET A viral video recently spread across the internet showing middle school students chanting “build that wall” - a...
Smoking Among Pregnant Women Rises in Michigan [CHARTS]
A new report on the health of Michigan mothers and children says the rate of expectant mothers who reported smoking...
The Successes And Failings Of The Modern Justice System
Sandra Svoboda/WDET WDET and our Detroit Journalism Cooperative partners are looking back to look forward. Nearly 50 years after this...
Ambitious Detroit Urban Farm Project Adds Hoop Houses
An ambitious 15 million dollar project to develop a large scale urban farm on the city’s east side is breaking...
Are Students Missing Out on Literary Classics with Common Core?
Amanda Kuhn Love them or hate them, there’s at least one thing about the new Common Core State Standards that is...
Detroit Career Summit Aims To Connect Young Men of Color To Jobs
whitehouse.gov Last year, Michigan’s overall unemployment rate fell to about five percent. But the unemployment rate for African Americans in...
Pugh Sentenced to Prison
Former Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to third-degree criminal sexual conduct....
New Program Seeks To Help Those With Disabilities Save Their Money
Cheyna Roth/MPRN A new program to help people with disabilities launched Tuesday. The Mi – ABLE program gives people with...
