To create the first cohort of its kind in Detroit, DTE energy partnered with the City of Detroit and local nonprofit Focus: HOPE for a six-week job-training program for metro Detroiters who want good-paying careers as tree-trimmers. We spoke with the only Black woman to graduate from the first cohort about why she is getting into this new line of work.
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Report: Michigan ranks 28th in nation in overall child well-being
Two wide-ranging reports look at the overall well-being of Michigan children and families, from housing to education, before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Good-faith land contracts: Oxymoron or an opportunity?
In housing markets like Detroit’s, scarcity of credit means prospective buyers who are unable to obtain mortgages must turn to cash sales or land contracts, which bring risk but also the potential reward of homeownership.
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The fight continues for sanctuary schools in Detroit
In an effort to keep families safe, Latino students and organizers want Detroit charters to adopt changes that protect undocumented families.
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One Detroit: MOT Season Opener / School Year Reflections / Vaccine Work Requirements / Student Reporting Labs
As the school year comes to an end, Christy McDonald reflects on what we’ve learned about education with executive director of Education Trust Midwest Amber Arellano.
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Detroit students can get free laptops through Focus: HOPE
The City of Detroit has partnered with nonprofit Focus: HOPE and human-I-T to give 1,000 used laptops to low-income Detroiters in hopes of decreasing the city’s digital divide. Though a step in the right direction, the city’s Director of Digital Inclusion says more needs to be done to grant Detroiters access to the internet.
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One Detroit: Deidre D.S. Sense / Asbury Park / Erik Ronmark / Sphinx
Veteran Detroit hip-hop artist Deidre D.S. Sense paired her latest album “Copper St. Chrysalis” with what she called her Quarantine Concert Series. The three-part video series starting with “A walk in the Park” was meant to get people moving wherever they are and remind them that even if we’re alone we still need to go out into the world and take a walk in the park to reconnect with ourselves and feel a little better.
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Why is Detroit Police Department’s vaccination rate only 39%?
Less than half of Detroit police, and city residents, are vaccinated for COVID-19. Here’s what this means for public health and safety in the city.
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Detroit may step up its voice in national reparations movement
In honor of Juneteenth, City Council Pro Tem Mary Sheffield will introduce a resolution recognizing the City’s unjust treatment of Black people and, if approved, Detroit would join a growing national reparations movement.
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American Black Journal: Detroit Future City / Discover your Spark
Detroit Future City releases its annual report on “The State of Economic Equity in Detroit,” which shows a continuing economic opportunity gap for people of color. CEO Anika Goss talks with Stephen about their findings and offers recommendations for providing a path to prosperity for all Detroiters.