In Huntington Woods, a battle has ensued over what you are allowed to say at the city’s Fourth of July parade. 

New rules would strip protest signs down to nothing but a group’s name and logo. A University of Michigan law clinic has told the city that those rules are unconstitutional and demanded their repeal.

In a June 12 letter, the University of Michigan’s Civil Rights Litigation Initiative — the clinic representing the Peace Group — says City Manager Andrew Pazuchowski told members the new rules were prompted by complaints about the group’s signs calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, along with a general concern about public safety. The clinic argues the rules were written to suppress a disfavored viewpoint and says that, to the group’s knowledge, there has never been a safety incident at the parade.

The Metro contacted the City of Huntington Woods for comment but did not receive a response.

Suhair Ghannam, a Huntington Woods resident and member of the Huntington Woods Peace Group, is in the middle of it. To understand why this cuts so deep for her, you have to go back to a dinner table in Nazareth, where a little girl learned not to talk about politics. Because where she grew up, speaking your mind wasn’t safe.

Ghannam joined host Robyn Vincent to discuss coming to the U.S. at 20 years old and finding the thing she says she treasures most about this country: the freedom to speak.

Hear the full conversation using the media player above.

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This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we’ll check out forthcoming music from Jack White, newly released work from Vince Staples, Sylvan Esso, Jesse Welles and much more…

Also this week, some Earth Wind & Fire for those who have (and haven’t) seen the new HBO doc, plus the Detroiter who taught EWF some valuable lessons!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for June 20, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Gentle Reminder” – MT Jones
• “Pep Talk” – Death Cab For Cutie
• “Fallin'” – Alicia Keys (Songs In A Minor turns 25)
• “Cool Cat” – Us3
• “I Believe (Everything’s Gonna Be Alright)” – Thornetta Davis
• “The Ballad Of Big Balls” – Jesse Welles
• “Serpentine Fire” – Earth Wind & Fire
• “Uhuru” – Ramsey Lewis Trio
• “What You Won’t Do For Love” – Bobby Caldwell
• “Magic Island” – Kathy Kosins
• “Dollar Bill” – Jack White
• “Only In America” – Vince Staples
• “Ain’t No Man” – The Avett Brother (turned 50 at Hill yesterday!)

HOUR TWO:

• “Stranger Danger” – Infinity Song
• “Stay On That” – Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds
• “Right Action” – Franz Ferdinand
• “Burning Out” – The Linda Lindas
• “Black Cloud” – Rosetta Pebble
• “The World Moves On” – Michelle Held (Tiny Desk Detroit)
• “I Am Woman Again” – Vahn Black (Tiny Desk Detroit)
• “Fossils” – THAO
• “Hot Slob” – Sylvan Esso
• “How Come You Never Go There” – Feist w/Mountain Man
• “Run Baby Run” – Grace Potter
• “Funky Dollar Bill” – Funkadelic
• “Keep Your Head To The Sky” – Earth Wind & Fire

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org

This week on Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music we’re celebrating Record Store Day by doing the show live in a record store! It’s an all-vinyl show, featuring vintage and brand new discs, live from Third Man Records in the Cass Corridor!

See the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music Playlist for April 18, 2026

HOUR ONE:

• “Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground” – The White Stripes (live at WDET 1999)
• “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” – James Brown
• “1999” – Charli XCX
• “Little Plastic Castles” – Ani Difranco
• “In The Stone” – Earth Wind & Fire
  
• “Some Other Guy” – The Hentchmen (Third Man Records customer purchase)
  
• “Get On The Right Track Baby” – Ray Charles
• “George Clinton Got In My Car” – The Howling Diablos
• “Can You Get To That” – Funkadelic
• “Looking At You” – MC5
• “Make You Better” – The Decemberists
• “If You Want Me” – The Womack Sisters
• “Let’s Rock” – Barrett Strong
  

• “Atlantic City” – The City Lines
• “On The Northline” – Frontier Ruckus
• “Hurtin’ On The Bottle” – Margo Price
• “Long Gone Lonesome Blues” – Sheryl Crow
• “Talk To Me Nice” – Tinashe
• “Tribute To Mississippi Fred McDowell” – Bonnie Raitt
• “Paint This Town” – Old Crow Medicine Show (Third Man Records customer purchase)
• “Lizzie” – Starcrawler (Third Man Records customer purchase)
• “Rock You Up” – The Romantics
• “Paradise” – Sade
• “Lookin’ Back” – Bob Seger
  
• “I Ain’t Gonna Stand For It” – Stevie Wonder
  

Listen to Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music every Saturday from 2-4 p.m. ET on Detroit Public Radio 101.9 WDET and streaming on-demand at wdet.org