Created Equal: Shining a light on inequities in Detroit, America
Detroit, and its history, is ground zero for understanding the promise of opportunity and the challenge of inequality in this...
The Metro: Declining population means new Detroit City Council districts
Welcome to The Metro, WDET’s daily news and culture show hosted by Nick Austin and Tia Graham. Each week on...
Maple Theater management announces historic theater will close its doors
The Maple Theater — a long-time institution for independent film buffs in metro Detroit — will close its doors after...
RNC empanels special committee to resolve Michigan leadership dispute
The Republican National Committee has stepped in to resolve the dispute over who is leading the Michigan Republican Party. A...
UAW endorsement of Biden comes amid massive organizing campaign
President Joe Biden was in metro Detroit for a campaign stop last week to meet with voters and union leaders....
Listen to the premiere episode of ‘Visions’ Monday on WDET
Starting in 1968 and stopping in 2024, the series premiere of Visions is a selection of jazz by artists you...
Jury deliberations underway in Jennifer Crumbley manslaughter trial
Jury deliberations began Monday for the mother of the teen who killed four classmates at Oxford High School in 2021...
Arab American leaders urge people to vote in primaries, even if they are upset
President Joe Biden was in metro Detroit last week to meet with union leaders, but he did not meet with...
Dearborn ramps up security after WSJ op-ed calls it ‘America’s jihad capital’
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Dearborn, Michigan, is ramping up its police presence in response to fallout from an opinion piece...
Wayne Kramer, co-founder of revolutionary rock band the MC5, dead at 75
NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Kramer, the co-founder of the protopunk Detroit band the MC5 that thrashed out such hardcore...
MichMash: Sen. Nesbitt on trying to find ‘common ground’ with Michigan Democrats
Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt joined MichMash host Cheyna Roth and Gongwer's Alethia Kasban this week to talk about his reaction...
Carl Weathers, linebacker-turned-actor who starred in ‘Rocky’ movies and ‘The Mandalorian,’ dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo...