Clinton Tells Detroit NAACP She is Best Candidate to Aid Black Communities

Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Dawn Uhl-Zifilippo/WDET Democrat Hillary Clinton says she is the best suited of the presidential candidates to deal with...

$10 Bill Gets Image of First Female Slave to Sue a White Man and Win

The U.S. treasury announced this week that Sojourner Truth, among others, will be featured on the back of the $10 bill. Her name...

Transgender Panel Talks Growing Up Trans, Facing Discrimination, and Support

Joan Isabella/WDET    Stephen Henderson speaks with three guests about their experiences coming out as transgender, as well as an issue currently...

Duggan, WSU President to Lead Health Equity Summit

Wayne State University There have long been disparities when it comes to life expectancy, infant mortality, and other health indicators...

Getting Around I-275 Closure Won’t Be Easy

Work is underway on I-275 southbound, which will be closed between the I-696 interchange and Five Mile Road until sometime...

Almost All Detroit Public Schools Closed Monday Because of Teacher Sickout

Here's the list of schools DPS says will be closed Monday.  A.L. Holmes Academy of Americas Ann Arbor Trail Bagley Bates...

The Progressive Underground Show 168 feat. JMSN

White Room Records On tonight's show we interview emerging soul crooner (and Michigan native) JMSN and talk about his upcoming...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 4-30-16

This week on RREM, upcoming Ann Arbor Summer Festival artists Gregory Porter, Bruce Hornsby and Michael Franti, plus Water Hill...

Hillary Clinton Heads to Detroit for NAACP Dinner

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton travels to Detroit this weekend to speak at the NAACP’s annual Fight for Freedom Fund...

Michigan Poet Named Finalist for Pulitzer Prize

Credit: Gabe Montesanti Pulitzer Prize jurors are calling the poetry collection Four-Legged Girl by Diane Seuss (Graywolf Press) "a richly improvisational poetry...

State Agrees Not To Enforce “Gag Order” Law Against Local Officials

WyoFile WyoFile A federal judge has approved a settlement to end litigation over a state law that stopped local officials...

Artist Brendan Patrick Re-Envisions the Canvas, Plus Music from Animal Collective, Glen Hansard & Much More!

WDET's Travis Wright interviews artist Brendan Patrick. Photo by Rob Cousineau We're doin' a little something different on today's show....