Study: Helping Immigrants Buy Homes One of Best Ways to Help Detroit Neighborhoods

Global Detroit There are a lot of challenges keeping good Detroit neighborhoods intact, and even bigger challenges trying to shore...

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans Talks Tax Foreclosures, County Finances on Detroit Today

Warren C. Evans Wayne County Executive Warren Evans is fresh off his fourth State of the County speech. During the...

Republican Consultant Wayne Bradley: How Far Left Are Dem Candidates Going to Go?

Jake Neher/WDET The 2020 presidential race continues to shape up. That's especially clear here in Michigan as Beto O'Rourke --...

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Funds Projects Large and Small

President Donald Trump's 2020 budget proposal calls for a 90 percent funding cut for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which...

Detroit Vocal Powerhouse Steffanie Christi’an Releases Her First Full Length Album That Was 5 Years in the Making

Steffanie Christi'an talks with Essential Music Host, Ann Delisi, about how proud she is of this new body of work, her...

“Boy Howdy, The Story of Creem Magazine” Documentary Kicks Off The Freep Film Festival

Ann Delisi talks with music journalist and one-time editor-in-chief at Creem Magazine, Susan Whitall, and the documentary's producer JJ Kramer...

Do Politically Charged Times Make For Better Art? Artist Ann Lewis Says Yes

Courtesy of Ann Lewis Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12...

One Woman’s Crusade to Bring Shower Facilities to Detroit’s Homeless Population

Courtesy of Eugenia Bajorek Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12...

What Will Eastern Market Look Like in Five Years?

Courtesy of Melody Baetens Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12...

Finding Her Voice: Detroit Poet Bayan Founas Discusses Identity In New Book

Courtesy of Bayan Founas Click the audio player above to listen to the full conversation. CultureShift airs weekdays from 12...

Ann Delisi’s “Essential Conversations” Podcast: Complete Season 1 Now Available

The complete first season of Ann Delisi’s Essential Conversations podcast is now available via WDET.org, iTunes, and Stitcher. The podcast...

College Bribery Scandal: Is the Idea of Meritocracy Shattered?

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) The college admissions scandal was definitely the head scratcher of the week. Not because...