Education
The Class of 2021 navigates COVID, as well as college
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For Detroit high school students, applying to college in a pandemic brings new concerns and questions about “the right path.”
Bridge Detroit (https://www.bridgedetroit.com/author/olivia-lewis/)
For Detroit high school students, applying to college in a pandemic brings new concerns and questions about “the right path.”
Michigan’s Senate Republicans introduced a package of 39 bills that they say will make elections more secure. Detroit organizers say the plan limits voter access and increases partisan politics.
Michigan’s Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has extended the number of public hearings this summer, with two in Detroit. Advocates and researchers say now is the time for Detroiters to help draw fair political maps and prevent gerrymandering.
Detroit’s zoning laws leave little space for cannabis entrepreneurs, but Councilman James Tate says he plans to propose an amendment to city code that could make room for more marijuana businesses to operate.
Longtime Detroiters were given a two month head-start to apply for marijuana business licenses ahead of other entrepreneurs. Now, it’s a free-for-all. Though a city ordinance requires a social equity component, Detroiters may still struggle in this booming industry.
Amid a pandemic, two Detroit women create fellowship space for Black women and Detroit millennials online and in-person.
About 70 percent of Detroit’s coronavirus vaccine recipients shared their race and ethnicity data, with many identifying as Black, but 30 percent are still unknown.
Some Detroit third-graders were projected to be held back due to the State’s new Read by Grade Three Law in 2020. A year and a pandemic later, parents and education advocates fear many more are behind in 2021.
U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell have gained support to temporarily halt water shutoffs during COVID-19 but water advocates are fighting for long-term water affordability and a permanent end to shutoffs.
Detroit is gaining national recognition for its coronavirus vaccination process, as more than 70,000 Deroiters have been inoculated so far. Here’s how the City has served so many.