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Best music of 2025 on WDET

WDET Staff December 12, 2025

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Mary Sheffield high fives in celebration as her victory in the 2025 mayoral election is announced.
  • Detroit Evening Report
  • Secondary

Detroit Evening Report: Brian White selected as Sheffield’s deputy mayor

Sascha Raiyn December 16, 2025
Israelis demonstrate to demand the release of the hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, during a protest outside of the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 1, 2024.
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The Metro: Explaining antisemitism—and why it’s rising in America

Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent, The Metro December 16, 2025
Aretha Tribute New Bethel
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“The Queen of Soul Stays Here” – How New Bethel Baptist Church Raised Aretha Franklin

Eli Newman August 30, 2018

“Just like Graceland has the King of Rock, Elvis Pressley, the Queen of Soul stays here. No one gets that.”...

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Detroit School Generic 8.9.17-jn
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Testing Reveals Lead, Copper In Detroit Schools

WDET News August 29, 2018

Detroit's school district has shut off water in all of its school buildings. The move comes as water test results...

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Hair Capital Creativity2 7/26/2018
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  • CultureShift
  • Framed by WDET 101.9 FM

Framed by WDET: Artistry

Erin Allen August 29, 2018

Justin Milhouse Framed by WDET is an audiovisual experience that tells the stories of a side of Detroit that is too often...

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water fountain
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DPSCD Shuts Off Water In All Schools

Associated Press August 29, 2018

 Drinking water is being shut off at all Detroit public schools because the water in 16 of them was found...

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Aretha Franklin
  • Culture & Music

VIEW: The Official Program for Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Service

Candice Fortman August 29, 2018

The official program for the funeral of Aretha Franklin has been released. WDET 101.9FM will carry the uninterrupted broadcast of the funeral on...

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LJ Reynolds 2
  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

A Musician and Friend Remembers The Queen of Soul

Amanda LeClaire August 29, 2018

Listen with the audio player above. CultureShift airs weekdays at noon on 101.9 WDET.    Dozens of artists will pay tribute to Aretha...

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Don Was & Wayne Kramer
  • Ann Delisi's Essential Music
  • Culture & Music

Don Was and Wayne Kramer Talk About How They Met, Wayne Kramer’s New Book, and Aretha Franklin

Ann Delisi August 29, 2018

Don Was and Wayne Kramer were in Detroit for performances at The Ann Arbor Blues Festival with John Sinclair and...

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She de Cuisine
  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

She de Cuisine: Women Chefs Creating Positive Kitchen Culture

Ann Delisi August 29, 2018

Ann Delisi talks with Detroit native, Chef Elle Simone, whose professional life in Detroit was as a social worker, but...

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Freighters Ships Trade
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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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How Might New Trade Deal in North America Affect Southeast Michigan?

Detroit Today, Cheyna Roth August 29, 2018

Jake Neher/WDET The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) might be in for a shakeup – and Michigan could feel...

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Richard Rothstein 2 5/2/2018
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • Racial Attitudes

Author Richard Rothstein Talks About ‘Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America’

Detroit Today August 29, 2018

Jake Neher/WDET In his latest book, "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America", Richard Rothstein lays bare...

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Black Fortunes Shomari Wills book 2/16/2018
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Jobs & the Economy
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • Racial Attitudes

New Book Explores First African Americans to Escape Slavery, Become Millionaires

Detroit Today August 29, 2018

Shomari Walls/Harper Collins One in seven white families in the United States are now millionaires. For black families, it's one...

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Charles H. Wright Museum
  • Culture & Music
  • News

Fans Stand In Line to Remember the Queen of Soul

Taylor Wizner August 28, 2018

Thousands of fans from both Detroit and hundreds of miles away lined the sidewalks near the Wright Museum of African...

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