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Celebrate Detroit’s Black Bottom ‘saints’ with host Alice Randall

By Monica Williams | January 7, 2021

Noted author and Detroit native Alice Randall will join Bridge for a discussion of “Black Bottom Saints.” Get your book here, grab a cocktail and join us on Feb. 2.

Civic and Community Information

15 anti-racist Michigan books to get you through the holidays and quarantine

By Monica Williams | December 12, 2020

There are plenty of reading lists circulating these days with books that address race and current tensions in the United States. These books with Michigan ties provide context and understanding.

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Detroit school board approves pay raise and 3-year contract extension for Superintendent Vitti

By Eleanor Catolico | December 9, 2020
In Partnership With Chalkbeat Detroit

Despite some public pleas to delay the vote, the Detroit school board extended Superintendent Nikolai Vitti’s contract for three more years, making him one of the longest-serving school chiefs in recent district history.

2020 Election

Do you have questions or concerns about voting in Detroit? Let us know.

By Monica Williams | October 26, 2020

Are you a Detroit voter, poll worker or elections official? We want to hear from you if you have questions or problems related to the 2020 voting process.

Miss Bridge Michigan’s ‘Arc of Justice’ book club chat? Here’s the video

By Monica Williams | August 27, 2020
In Partnership With Bridge Michigan

Bridge was joined by author Kevin Boyle and by Daniel Baxter for an engaging discussion of 2004’s National Book Award winner for nonfiction.

Education

Opinion: After a fellow Black girl was detained for not doing her schoolwork, I fought for her freedom

By Ama Russell | August 25, 2020

At 17, I find this work daunting but essential.

Chalkbeat Detroit

Some Detroit schools are going all-remote if not enough teachers want to return to classrooms

By Eleanor Catolico | August 24, 2020
In Partnership With Chalkbeat Detroit

Last week, school principals started asking teachers if they prefer to teach in person or remotely. School resumes Sept. 8 for the district’s 51,000 students.

Education

Detroit teachers vote to allow union leadership to call ‘safety’ strike over COVID concerns

By Eleanor Catolico | August 19, 2020
In Partnership With Chalkbeat Detroit

Detroit teachers have overwhelmingly voted to authorize union leadership to call a strike if the school district doesn’t meet their demands to start the school year online.

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  • The Complicated Legacy of Kwame Kilpatrick

    In this hour Stephen Henderson speaks with Rev. Kenneth Flowers, pastor of Greater New Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Detroit, Karen Dumas, communications consultant who served as director of community relations for Kwame Kilpatrick during his time as mayor, wrote an op-ed in the Detroit News titled “What Kwame Kilpatrick's commutation means for Detroiters”  and Matthew Schneider, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. They discuss the commuted sentence of the disgraced former Detroit mayor. 

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  • Immigrants Respond To January 6 Insurrection

    In this hour Stephen Henderson speaks with Mark Kurlyandchik of the Detroit Free Press and Ali Harb of Middle East Eye about what the violent Capitol insurrection means to them as people who came to the United States to flee political instability and violence in their home countries.

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  • Reaction To Biden's Inauguration Festivities

    In this hour Stephen Henderson looks at Inauguration Day 2021 - how it was different from any other transition of power in our history, and how it sets the stage for the work ahead for the Biden administration. Libby Casey of the Washington Post and Eric Deggans of NPR join to offer analysis.

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  • Biden's Inauguration, Detroit Tax Overassessments and Democracy Around The World

    In this hour, Stephen Henderson speaks with EJ Dionne of the Washington Post about national politics, Detroit Deputy Mayor Conrad Mallet weighs in on property tax overassessments for city homeowners and former Wayne State University President Dr. Irvin Reid and Honors College Dean John Corvino talk about what democracies in other countries can teach us about the political crisis we’re in.

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