New Carpenter’s Union Training Center Brings Skilled Trade Training to Detroit

A few years ago, Detroit Today's Stephen Henderson founded a literary arts and community center, the Tuxedo Project, in the house...

Michigan Restaurant Workers Make Too Little to Qualify for Emergency Funding

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended expectations and lives for Michigan's service workers.  In the past few decades, the restaurant industry...

Detroit City Council Narrowly Approves Duggan’s Blight Bond Proposal for Nov. Ballot

The question to put $250 million of Detroit taxpayer dollars towards home demolitions and renovations will be on the ballot...

Oakland County Executive: Challenger Andy Meisner Makes Case for Democratic Primary Nomination

Michigan’s state and local primary election is Aug. 4. There’s still time to vote by mail for the Aug. 4th election. Find out how....

Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones Running To Unseat Rep. Tlaib

Michigan’s state and local primary election is Aug. 4. There’s still time to vote by mail for the Aug. 4th...

ACLU Focuses on Southeast Michigan Prosecutor’s Races For 2020 Primary

Across Southeast Michigan, a wave of progressive candidates have thrown their names into the ring to be the next county...

Help! Parenting During Quarantine Made Me Realize I Have A Favorite Child

Every week, WDET education reporter Sascha Raiyn and Metro Parent content director Julia Elliot host the Help Desk, where they...

Smokey Robinson: Legendary Singer, Songwriter and Motown Executive

When we speak of Motown royalty, one of the first artists who comes to mind if Detroit's own Smokey Robinson....

Amid Protests, Detroit Schools Eye Reopening in the Fall

2020 is not an easy time to be a student or educator at any academic institution, and it’s especially difficult...

Facts And Truth Are Lifelines During A Pandemic

The difficulty in obtaining accurate information amid COVID-19 has prompted some to call this moment in our country an “infodemic.”...

Finding A Piece of Baghdad in Detroit

Meet Sarms, short for Sarmed Yasser Jabra Ibrahim Jabra.  Sarms was 32 when we spoke last year, and lives in Detroit....

MichMash: Whitmer’s Mask Order Has Teeth, But Will Local Law Enforcement Bite?

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been urging residents to mask up in order to slow the spread of COVID-19. She’s issued...