Test Your Current Events Knowledge with WDET’s April Fools Day Quiz
Francis James Piesse If you listen to a lot of public radio you probably are pretty up-to-date on current events....
“Requiem for a Running Back” Gives Freep Film Festival Goers a Look at Long-Term Concussion Effects
Sandra Svoboda The film Requiem for a Running Back explores concussions in the NFL and centers around Lewis Carpenter, who played...
Group Revives Effort to Overturn Emergency Manager Law in Court
Emmanuel Huybrechts It’s been more than three years since lawmakers and Governor Rick Snyder approved a beefed-up emergency manager law for...
Broadcasting Live from Majestic Cafe: Detroit Tigers Opening Day
vs Join the WDET team April 8th, 9:00 a.m. – Noon for an on-location broadcast from Majestic Cafe! Opening day...
Detroit Free Press film festival expands in third year
Bill, Flickr Detroit Today host Stephen Henderson spoke with organizers for the Detroit Free Press' third-annual Freep Film Festival. Artistic Director...
U.S. Attorney Talks Charges in DPS Kickback Scheme
Alan Alfaro/Creative Commons This week, 13 Detroit Public Schools administrators and a supplies vendor were charged with bribery in a...
New Lab Aims to “Spark” Interest in Science
A new exhibit coming to the Michigan Science Center lets visitors become inventors. The Spark!Lab is a hands-on area designed to...
The Intersection: What Does It Mean to Have Power?
Dorret, Flickr As part of WDET’s series examining the 1967 Kerner Report with the Detroit Journalism Cooperative this year, Detroit Today...
African-American Political Power in Michigan [CHARTS]
In the wake of violence in Newark and Detroit during July 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson charged his Commission on...
US Attorney Charges 13 Detroit Public Schools Administrators With Bribery
The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan is charging a dozen current and former Detroit Public School principals...
The Batcave Is In Metro Detroit
Google says it has done something super villains have wanted to do for years – find the location of Batman’s...