The Progressive Underground Show 156

Jay Nemor Music On this weekend's installment of The Progressive Underground, we bump tracks from the Brand New Heavies, Toni,...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: 2-6-16

This week on RREM, lots of EWF (Maurice White, RIP), new Graham Nash, Esperanza Spalding, Motor City tunes from Jack...

Flint Water Crisis Drawing Congressional Crowd

The continuing crisis over contaminated water in Flint is drawing several members of Congress, and at least one presidential candidate,...

Open Competition for Screenwriters of Diversity in the Film Industry

The DuSable Panthers may have been cheated out of the Illinois State High School championship in 1954 based on the...

The Super Bowl Teams and Their Michigan Connections

It's the Super Bowl Edition of "Detroit By The Numbers," a WDET series that examines -- and explains -- data...

Church in Burton Using Flint Water Exposed to Lead

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/ Public Domain The City of Flint has reissued a list of Its water customers who...

Motown Museum Hold Events to Remember Its Black Forum Label

The Motown Museum is launching a series of events to honor Black History Month -- and a part of the...

GOP and Democratic Presidential Candidates to Debate in Michigan

Both the Republican and Democratic presidential contenders are scheduling new debates in Michigan. One of the forums will be held...

New Marygrove College President Says School Plays Unique Role in Detroit

Marygrove College has a new president.  Doctor Elizabeth Burns is now in the school’s top spot. She’s a graduate of...

“Brown is the New White” Author Talks About the New American Majority.

Flickr According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are now more children under age five who are minorities rather than...

Director and Detroit Native Mike Binder Talks New Thriller “Keep Calm”

Binder Born in Detroit and raised in Birmingham, Michigan, Mike Binder is a director, screenwriter, producer and now a novelist....

Reclaim Detroit Loses Home to Highland Park Fire

A fire consumed a large warehouse in Highland Park. Residents nearby were evacuated as smoke became visible throughout the area....