Real Trees or Fake Trees? An Age Old Holiday Debate
Jake Neher/WDET It’s become a national Christmas tradition to debate the virtues of real trees and fake trees. We here at...
Big Changes in Detroit’s Restaurant Scene, Including A Farewell to Hard Rock Cafe
Jake Neher/WDET As business and activity continues to expand in Downtown Detroit, the city’s food and restaurant industry is growing...
The Milo Minute: Strange Heart, Bars of Gold, Techno City
Click the audio player to listen. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon. Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s byline appears in...
Where will the cool kids be this month? Metro Parent’s list of things to do in December
Thanksgiving is over and the holiday season has begun. That means there’s plenty to do. Metro Parent Magazine manages a...
Michigan Senate Votes to Gut Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Time Laws
Jake Neher/WDET The state’s minimum wage might not reach $12 an hour until 2030. That’s if proposed changes to a...
Ford Announces Reduction of Shifts, Without Eliminating Jobs
Pat Batcheller Ford Motor Company announced it will rebalance production at some US plants. Just days after General Motors announced...
GM Decision on Poletown Plant Dredges Up Painful History in Hamtramck, Detroit
Jake Neher/WDET Thirty-eight years ago, the cities of Hamtramck and Detroit helped demolish a neighborhood to make way for the...
How Newspaper Ads Helped Perpetuate Slavery in Colonial America
Adverts 250 Healthy Negro Lad. About Seventeen years of age. To be sold. Esquire of the printers....
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Marines in Death of Michigan Muslim Recruit
mcrdpi.marines.mil In 2016 Taylor native Raheel Siddiqui fell to his death from a third story building…after he was injured during...
[VIDEO] Searching for Solutions for Michigan’s Eviction Crisis
Additional resources: Michigan Cities Face Eviction Crisis — Here Are Some Solutions This story has been supported by the Solutions Journalism...
Reporters’ Choice: The Favorite Stories and How They Were Made
There’s a couple old clichés that go, ”It’s just the tip of the iceberg” or “The story behind the story.”...
Farmington Residents Seek Sense of Community
Farmington residents now have the opportunity to get more localized news. Metromode is reporting on the city as part of...