Characters Surrounding Landmark Plessy v. Ferguson Case Have Fascinating Roots in Detroit

Credit: Josh Luxenberg Most people know at least a little about Plessy v. Ferguson, the 19th-century Supreme Court ruling that...

Flint Native Tunde Olaniran Reflects on Big Year for His Music

Gus Navarro/WDET Our region has been known for generations as a hub of innovation in music. Artists from our area...

What in the World? Pop up Food Festival Serves Cuisine from Around the Globe

Street Beet/ Courtesy of Carlos Parisi Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays...

Trump Invokes ‘Privilege’ Over the Full Mueller Report

The White House invoked executive privilege Wednesday, claiming the right to block lawmakers from the full report from special counsel...

Michigan Brewers Bring The Heat With These Delicious Beers

Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. Rachel Woolf / Detroit News   As the days...

The Past, Present, and Future of the Food Economy in Detroit

AnnaMarie Sysling/WDET Detroit has a long history of food insecurity in the city’s black neighborhoods. One year after the 1967...

New Podcast Highlights Independent Booksellers and Detroit’s Literary Scene

Kim Hunter Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to...

Now Showing: The Cinetopia Film Festival

Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m....

Flooding Isn’t Just Weather or Climate Problem — It’s an Infrastructure Problem

Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division There’s a good chance that if you were driving around Metro Detroit last week...

Tuesday’s Elections Are First Chance to Exercise New Voting Rights Under Prop 3

Jake Neher/WDET It’s Election Day here in Michigan. Yes, you read that right. We don’t talk very often about May...

A Duo of Musicals Based on Movies Heading to Fisher Theatre

Evan Zimmerman, MurphyMade Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12 p.m....

Democratic Presidential Hopeful Klobuchar Touts Midwest Ties to Michigan

The path to the White House continues to run through Michigan and other Midwestern states that President Trump won in...