BridgeDetroit’s Bryce Huffman reviews his 2020 reporting, which includes a look at the generational differences between activists, the impact of gun violence on families and the city’s movement to defund the police.
Bryce Huffman
Bryce Huffman is BridgeDetroit's Engagement Editor. He was a part of the original BridgeDetroit newsroom when it launched back in 2020. Before that he was a reporter and podcast host for Michigan Public (formerly Michigan Radio). Bryce is also a screenwriter/filmmaker and a poet. When he's not working, he is watching or talking about movies or watching one of his favorite Detroit sports teams.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Detroiter creates network to connect Black mental health workers, clients
Stressors such as the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, images of police violence against Black people and a prolonged election led one Detroit woman to create an online mental health resource.
Posted in2020 Election, Civic and Community Information
Meet Helen Moore: Detroit education activist and state elector
One of the Detroiters on the Electoral College has fought for equality for several decades.
Posted in2020 Election, Political and Public Policy Information
Facing racist death threats, Detroit’s Cynthia Johnson won’t back down [VIDEO interview]
In an exclusive interview with BridgeDetroit, state Rep. Cynthia Johnson, a Detroit Democrat, shares some of the racist attacks and death threats she’s received. [WARNING: sensitive language]
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Grants to Black-led Detroit businesses memorialize Marlowe Stoudamire
On its one-year anniversary, Black Leaders Detroit honored the late entrepreneur by awarding grants to 50 Black-led businesses.
Posted inPolitical and Public Policy Information
Why Detroit council rejected the mayor’s proposal to aid overtaxed homeowners
The mayor’s resolution sought to fund a $6 million relief program for overtaxed Detroiters. City council voted no; here’s why.
Posted in2020 Election, Civic and Community Information
Detroit activists say police response to pro-Trump protests is hypocritical
Black Lives Matter advocates say Detroit police treated pro-Trump activists differently when the election protesters sought to disrupt the city’s vote count.
Posted in2020 Election, Civic and Community Information
Young voters are shattering records. Will they be engaged in Detroit?
Young voters don’t make up a large number of Detroit’s voter population but some say they’re registered and engaged for this year’s historic election.
Posted in2020 Election, Civic and Community Information
City Clerk Janice Winfrey: In Detroit ‘we follow election law to a T’
City Clerk Janice Winfrey says complexity and dedication is required to manage Detroit elections in an off-year, particularly during a pandemic and in a tense presidential election.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Detroit’s younger, older activists divided on current protest movement
Three Detroiters who marched and protested in the 1960s and 70s give their thoughts on Detroit Will Breathe and the Black Lives Matter activists fighting for social change.