Detroit SheTown Film Festival Returns to Celebrate Stories by Women

In Detroit during the 1920s and ‘30s, women began replacing men in the auto plant, handling drill presses, internal grinders, and...

New Performance Series Honors Black Women and Pleasure in Domestic Spaces

A new performance series coming to the Detroit Artists Market questions how freedom and pleasure manifest for black women at home....

Former GOP Lawmaker Phil Pavlov Weighs Run for Congress

There will soon be an open congressional seat in Michigan's 10th District, which represents much of Macomb County and Michigan's...

Big Tobacco Chains Want a Piece of Michigan’s Pot Market, But State Deals Blow

Now that Michigan has legalized recreational marijuana, there is a mad scramble unfolding over who will dominate what could be...

Why You Should Care About UAW Contracts, Which Expire This Week

Editor's note: WDET reporters are members of the Professional and Administrative Union, Local 1979, UAW. United Auto Workers contracts with Ford,...

Detroit Students Return With Improved Test Scores, Revised Conduct Policy

Wiki Commons As students return from summer break, the Detroit Public Schools Community District is heading into the new school...

Are American Museums Too White?

In 1987, mixed-media artist and curator Howardena Pindell released an in-depth survey that analyzed the racial demographics of exhibits across...

Activists Call For Ballot Initiative On Police Use of Facial Recognition Tech

A coalition of Detroit civil rights organizations blasted Detroit Police over the proposed use of facial recognition technology, citing potential for...

Google, YouTube to Pay $170 Million For Collecting Your Kids’ Data. Here’s How To Protect Children’s Privacy.

After collecting personal information from children without the consent of their parents, Google and YouTube are going to pay a...

New Football Season Means New Controversies and New Ways for Lions to Disappoint

The NFL season is officially underway, as is college football. Each new season recently has brought its own batch of controversies...

Prosecutors Might Be Running Out Of Time To File Charges In Flint Water Crisis

WDET Digital April of next year marks the six-year anniversary of the start of the Flint Water Crisis. That’s significant, because...

For the 42nd Dally in the Alley, Thank a Volunteer

Dally in the Alley, now in its 42nd year, is just that kind of party. The free and family-friendly annual event...