Ann Arbor Overtakes Detroit in Total Property Value

Jake Neher/WDET As recent as three years ago Detroit still had the highest total property value of any city in...

Riding Along with a Detroit Citizens Radio Patrol Team

In 1967, Detroit established citizen radio patrols to cruise the neighborhoods with CB radios and provide extra pairs of eyes and...

The Progressive Underground Show 206 feat. JODY WATLEY

Jody Watley Music On this weekend's The Progressive Underground, we interview and profile dance queen/R & B songstress JODY WATLEY...

March 18, 2017: Miles Davis, Heads of State, Ron Boustead

What CPB Funding Means to WDET and You

I’m sure you’ve heard the news about the President’s proposed budget, which encourages Congress to eliminate federal funding for public media. ...

Michigan Republicans Praise Healthy Michigan, Which Could Die Under GOP Plan in Congress

Jake Neher/WDET Michigan is the largest Republican-led state in the country that chose to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care...

Motown Movement Aims For Affordable, Sustainable Housing [PHOTOS]

When Ronen Dan and Bob Hendrikx first came to Detroit from the Netherlands, they saw the blight they'd heard about in Dutch...

The Scarab Club Kicks Off A New Live Music Series and Youth Workshops Next Week

Musicians from Planet D Nonet, along with a group of young jazz students, will perform the music of the Kings...

Is Detroit’s Restaurant Industry Suffering From Less-Than-Stellar Service?

Detroit’s restaurant scene is growing quickly, but that growth has put an increased strain on an already stretched service industry. That's according...

Colon Cancer Increasing in Young Adults

  A new study from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that colon cancer cases are on the...

The Milo Minute: Black Women Rock, Sound and Silence Showcase, and St. Patrick’s Day

Longtime Detroit music journalist Jeff Milo’s byline appears in publications locally and globally. He’s been plugging ears into the Detroit scene for years...

Does “Missing Richard Simmons” Cross a Line Between Journalism and Voyeurism?

In the late 1980s a reporter sat outside then-Senator Gary Hart’s house in secret, waiting for him to emerge with...