Two Detroit High Schools to Include College Acceptance as a Graduation Requirement
Students at two Detroit charter schools will soon need to be accepted by a college before they’re allowed to graduate. Officials...
A Multiracial America?
Stephen Henderson speaks with Juliana Horowitz, associate director of research for the Pew Research Center, about the growing number of people who...
How Does Testing Affect Detroit Classrooms?
Stephen Henderson talks with Chastity Pratt Dawsey and William Weir about the state of education in Detroit and Michigan. Dawsey...
Youth Employment and Opportunity in Detroit
Stephen Henderson talks with Frank McGhee, Unit Director of the Youth Initiatives Project for Neighborhood Service Organization, Reggie Williams, Unit...
Experiments in Residence: Spread Art Announces a Family-Oriented Residency
"It is very, very, very difficult to find dedicated space, mentally as well as physically, for performing, creating or producing your...
Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Heroin in Southeast Michigan
Stephen Henderson meets with Dr. Calvin Trent, vice president for programs for the Detroit Recovery Project, to discuss the prescription...
Life Remodeled Renovates Osborn High School and Neighborhood
Nearly 400 blocks of an east side neighborhood are getting an upgrade this summer. The non-profit organization Life Remodeled is making...
Broken City Poets Documentary
WDET's Sandra Svoboda meets with Niema Jordan, program manager for the Off/Page Project, and Nichole Christian, director of communications and...
Detroit Group Offering Free Swim Lessons at Belle Isle
The YMCA is offering free swimming lessons to children on Belle Isle this summer. The organization Detroit Swims plans to teach...
Michigan’s Heroin Epidemic
Every day somewhere across Michigan at least one person overdoses on heroin. The number of non-fatal hospitalizations due to overdoses...
Parents Petition to Keep Guns Out of Schools
There’s a gun battle brewing in Ann Arbor with the courts and state legislature involved. The controversy started (a few...
Outside Perspective From NPR’s Michel Martin
Ali Lapetina for NPR News Travis Wright is joined by NPR's Michel Martin in this reprise broadcast of NPR Presents Michel...