SMART Introduces New Express Routes

Bre'Anna Tinsley/ WDET Commuters can ride the SMART bus system’s newest express routes for free until January 15th.   The...

Brenda Jones Re-elected as Council President

Sandra Svoboda Brenda Jones was re-elected as Detroit City Council President Tuesday. The Council needed multiple ballots to break a...

Can I Get Fries with that Painting?

WDET/Laura Herberg On a Monday at a Coney Island grill in Detroit, an artist in a camouflage print jacket and...

Michigan Politics Could Get A Lot of National Attention in 2018

Rick Pluta/MPRN It’s 2018 -- and that means it’s an election year. It's already shaping up to be an especially...

Looking at the Year Ahead in National Politics with NPR’s Tamara Keith

Jake Neher/WDET President Donald Trump kicked off the new year with a controversial tweet, this time throwing into question the United...

WSU Word Warriors Compile List of Couth, Recondite Words

Compiling a list can seem like a task that's impossible to overcome. There's a word for that feeling: "insuprable." It's...

The Progressive Underground Show 244: NEW YEAR’S EVE EDITION

Getty Images This week's Progressive Underground is a special 4-hour New Year’s Eve Edition, as we usher in 2018 in...

Banished Word List Has Tons of Impactful Entries

Lake Superior State University just released it's annual list of "banished" words and phrases. This year, there's a lot to...

WDET’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day Lineup

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2017 NEW YEAR'S EVE - 6-7 am RadioLab 7-8 am On Being 8-10 am Weekend Edition Sunday: Lulu...

Kids Ring in the New Year in Mount Clemens’ Never Never Land

Downtown Mount Clemens will become Never Never Land Sunday so young people can celebrate New Year’s Eve.  New Year’s Eve in...

Detroit Poet, Musician Jessica Care Moore on Representing the City in 2017

StoryCorps Jessica Care Moore is a poet from Detroit who, years ago, caught the attention of an elite circle of...

Buckle Up: 2018 Shaping Up To Be Huge Year for Michigan Politics

Jake Neher/WDET The new year will bring lots of important decisions for Michigan voters to make at the ballot box....