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Michigan health officials say the number of drug overdoses related to opioid use in the state jumped by almost 20% during...

What’s In A Word? How ‘Sex’ Could Reshape LGBTQ Rights in Michigan

Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Issues affecting the LGBTQ community have made statewide and national news this week. President Trump tweeted about his...

Are These Bugs Pestering You?

Winter weather conditions helped produce an abundance of Box Elder Bugs in Southeast Michigan. The beetle-like bugs have a black...

Head Start Programs Looking for Staff

Detroit’s largest early childhood learning program is looking for help. The Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan and Head Start plan...

Brown Recluse Spider Spins its Web Throughout Most Southeast Michigan Counties

News of a nasty arachnid  that’s made its way to Michigan is prompting hundreds of residents to send pictures of...

1967 Was Decades Before They Were Born

With the 50th anniversary of the civil disturbance in Detroit happening this year, we've been hearing a lot of oral...

Teen Poets on 1967: “I taste fire in these streets.”

As Detroit wraps up this week commemorating the events of 1967, WDET wanted to bring you the voices of some youth...

How Significant was the 1968 World Series after the 1967 Uprising?

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor & Urban Affairs In 1968 the Detroit Tigers won the World Series. It...

Detroit’s Brightmoor Neighborhood Struggled With Ripples of July 1967

Editor's note: John Notarianni wrote and produced this report for WDET. It aired in 2007. During Detroit's civil unrest in...

Trump Official Pledges Tax Relief, Health Care Help for Small Business Owners

sba.gov Congress continues to grapple with health care reform. But another item on the GOP agenda is still awaiting attention....

When Sports, Race, and Politics Collide

San Jose State University In fraught times, we, as human beings, often turn to a great relief from our woes...

How Can White People Be Better Allies in Racial Justice?

Jake Neher/WDET What can "woke" white people do -- if anything -- to promote racial justice in America? A lot,...