New “Murals in the Market” Book Supports WDET’s Arts & Culture Coverage

1xRun Power your connection to Detroit and the world. Give right now at WDET.org. Over the past four years, the Murals...

What Happened to All That Development We Were Promised Around Little Caesars Arena?

Jake Neher/WDET Five years ago, the Ilitch family and Olympia Entertainment made some big promises. As it built its taxpayer-subsidized...

Sam’s Jams: Brainstorm – Journey To The Light

Journey to the Light is the second album by the Detroit R&B group Brainstrom. It was released in 1978 on Tabu...

Michigan’s Options for Fixing the Damn Roads

Joan Isabella/WDET Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will lay out her first budget proposal this week. We expect it will explain in more...

Effort Underway to Save Hamtramck Stadium with Help from Jack White

Jake Neher/WDET Hamtramck Stadium is one of the few remaining Negro League ballparks in America. There’s now an effort underway...

What Is the Lake Erie Bill of Rights?

It's been almost five years since toxic algae polluted Toledo's water supply. Despite efforts to reduce phosphorus and other pollution...

The Progressive Underground Show 291 (Takeover Edition): THE STILETTO MONOLOGUES

Stiletto Monologues Productions On this installment of The Progressive Underground, cast members Rene Ingram-Dunham (playwright and Stiletto Monologues creator), Rochelle Darlene,...

Exhibit Offers Free Trip Back to the ’70s

Many March events will focus on holidays and the promise that Spring may actually come by the end of the...

MichMash: Marijuana Could Once Again Be On Your Ballot in 2019

WDET Digital Recreational marijuana is now legal in Michigan. But some Michigan voters aren’t done casting ballots on cannabis issues....

The Polar Bear Expedition: The Heroes of America’s Forgotten Invasion of Russia, 1918-1919 [AUDIO, TRANSCRIPT]

WDET recently aired a story about the Michigan Polar Bears — a group of soldiers who trained in Battle Creek and...

Hamtramck Music Fest Preview

Hamtramck Music Fest The Hamtramck Music Fest (HMF) returns for its sixth year next Thursday (March 7), kicking off three...

‘Is This Really Happening Right Now?’ Rep. Lawrence Reacts to Attempt to Prove Trump Not Racist

Brenda Lawrence This week’s testimony from President Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen was riveting enough. But later...