Three generations of Grosse Pointe Park residents say they want their school system, city councils, mayors and police to unlearn old ways and remove boundaries both real and imagined.
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Opinion: In Detroit, Black mobility matters
Transportation policy and investment in Metro Detroit continues to ignore the real and urgent mobility needs of Black Detroiters.
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Hungry: Pandemic highlights Detroiters’ challenges to access food
Residents, charities, local and state government have scrambled to meet the immediate food needs of Detroiters since the onset of coronavirus. However, food insecurity has been a longstanding issue for Detroiters whose lack of other basic needs have created a barrier to nutritious food. Advocates say now is the time for everyone to consider systemic change.
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American Black Journal: National Suicide Prevention Month / Detroit Phoenix Center / Detroit Jazz City
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Stephen talks with the founder of a non-profit that has launched a campaign to reduce the rising rates of suicide among young Black boys ages 5-12
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Podcast: Former deputy mayor Anthony Adams on Detroit’s economy and defunding the police
“I am strongly considering a run for mayor”
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Detroiters encouraged to apply for property tax assistance
Application deadlines for the city’s Pay As You Stay program, or PAYS and the Homeowners Property Tax Assistance Program, or HPTAP, have been extended to Sept. 14 and Dec. 14. Both programs can significantly reduce or eliminate delinquent and current property taxes in Detroit.
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One Detroit: Clawson / Civility in Politics / Sundown Towns
Clawson: One City Under a Pandemic, Stephen and Nolan Talk Civility in Politics and a look at ‘Sundown Towns’
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Detroit seventh-grader talks coronavirus and online learning
‘Not seeing my friends makes me feel sad and lonely.’
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Extra food stamp benefits extended through September for Michigan families
Families eligible for food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, will continue receiving additional benefits through September, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.
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‘Most Detroit suburbs became sundown towns’
BridgeDetroit reporter and producer Bryce Huffman talks with sociologist Dr. James W. Loewen about the history of anti-Black sundown towns in the U.S., Michigan and Detroit – 8 mile was the dividing line.