Detroit Hip-Hop Artist Mister and Baltimore Rapper Height Keech Are Keeping It Weird
Cold Rhymes Records Baltimore rapper and podcast host Dan Keech has been performing since 2000 under the name Height Keech....
Fired Founders Employee Speaks: “Racism is Nothing New to People of Color”
LaToya Cross One of the biggest stories to come out of Michigan’s craft beer industry has nothing to do with...
UAW General Motors Membership Ratifies New Contract, Ending Strike
Editor's note, 9:50 am 10/28/19: Updated with new story. A contentious 40-day strike that crippled General Motors’ U.S. production came...
Detroit Fashion Brand Eat Da Rich’s Simone Else Opens Haunted Boutique for One Night Only
Simone Else / Eat Da Rich There’s great visual art, theatre and music in this city, but we don’t always...
Wayne State Tuition Pledge Aims to ‘Meet the 360 Degree Needs’ of Detroit Students
Wayne State University made a big splash this week, announcing that it will give free tuition to students who live in...
WDET’s audio and photography storytelling project wins this year’s Local That Works award in New Orleans
WDET in Detroit won the 2019 Local That Works contest for “Framed by WDET,” a project that tells stories of...
Blanchard on Milliken: Former Michigan Governor was ‘Last of the Moderate Republicans’
Former Michigan Gov. William Milliken died last week at the age of 97. Milliken called himself a moderate Republican. But...
John Mason, Voice of the Pistons, on Origins of His Famous Chant
Can you name a better rallying cry in all of sports than "DEE-TROIT BASKETBALL"? Basketball is back in Detroit this...
Milo Minute: Bill Grogan’s Goat, BAVE, Earth Radio and Warhorses
Welcome to “Milo Minute,” the 60 seconds (or thereabouts) you need to find a local show or fest to attend...
Pigeonholed: Detroit’s Rashaun Rucker Explores Marginalized People, Animals in New Art Exhibit
Rashaun Rucker On their own, Rashaun Rucker's large-scale drawings are intricately crafted works of art that stand out for their...
Detroit Author Shares the Art of ‘Pleasure Activism’ in Latest Book
Author and activist adrienne maree brown's most recent book, "Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good" is a call-to-action to remind...
EPA, Environmentalists Find Common Cause in Great Lakes; Differ on Funding, Regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rolled out a new plan it says will benefit the Great Lakes. EPA Administrator...