Detroit history

Jamon Jordan is an educator and historian who's been telling Detroit's story for along time. Now he's working as the city's official historian.

Today, what new campaign finance reports tell us about dark money in Michigan in this regulatory moment. Then, farm to school programs bringing fresh locally-sourced produce to schools in Petoskey and other cities around the state. And, we’ll talk with the first official historian for the city of Detroit.

The Detroit Historical Museum is set to host an exhibit called “Exiled to Motown” that showcases the Japanese-American Experience in Detroit from World…

After the Covid-19 pandemic postponed the event for a year, the Tokyo Olympic Games are set to begin on July 23. While the thrill of the athletic…

Today on Stateside, we talk to a researcher who found that the forever chemicals known as PFAS are showing up in rainfall around the Great Lakes. Then,…

Today, on Stateside, we discuss changes to medical care under Michigan’s reworked no-fault auto insurance law, and what it means for those in a…

Musician Marvin Gaye took a creative leap of faith 50 years ago when he released one of the most enduring works of the 20th century: his 1971 album What’s…

Digital tools, which allow people to show one another what’s going on in their lives in real time, have shifted how Americans talk about police brutality…

Detroit loves its sports, and sometimes even loves the results. The new book City of Champions details pivotal Detroit sports moments spanning more than…

Sometimes fiction tells new truths about history. That’s what happens in author Alice Randall’s latest novel Black Bottom Saints, which draws from the…