In an ongoing collaboration, American Black Journal and BridgeDetroit present a series of reports on issues threatening the lives of people of color and the groups advocating to protect them
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One Detroit: Senator Gary Peters and John James Town Hall / Prison Creative Arts Project / Detroit Jazz City
Senator Gary Peters and John James Town Hall, plus can a prison artist’s paintings help bring him freedom?
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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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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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American Black Journal: Presidential Campaigns / Police Shootings / Chadwick Boseman
Our roundtable of communications consultants, political strategists and radio personalities take on the topics that everyone is talking about in the African American community.
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One Detroit: Student Reporting Labs / Covering Protests Against Police Brutality / Pandemic in Detroit / Detroit Jazz City
With the new school year approaching fast, what’s at the forefront of students’ minds? In collaboration with the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, DPTV’s One Detroit will have student reporters from four Detroit-area schools tell stories through video of what life is like at schools right now during COVID-19. Plus, covering protests of police brutality and Detroit Jazz City.
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One Detroit: Cranbrook Design Tours / Plowshares Theatre / Detroit Jazz Fest / The Wretched Movie
Cranbrook design tours, Detroit Jazz Fest during Covid and more.
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American Black Journal: Dying Before Their Time / Sundown Towns
A long-term study commissioned by the Detroit Area Agency on Aging shows the older population in Detroit and eight neighboring cities is dying at a rate 2.5 times higher than the rest of Michigan. Stephen Henderson talks with DAAA President & CEO Ronald Taylor about the report’s findings and ways to reduce the numbers. Plus, One Detroit’s Will Glover talks with BridgeDetroit reporter Bryce Huffman about his in-depth report on Michigan’s sundown towns, which were historically unwelcoming to African Americans.
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One Detroit: Nursing Homes / Republican National Convention / Pandemic Coordinated Response / High Cost of High Water
The Fight for Better Pay in Nursing Homes plus Nolan and Stephen on the RNC:
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American Black Journal: Racism as Public Health Crisis / Equity in the Arts
A discussion with Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom of Henry Ford Health System on racism’s impact on African-American health and what it takes to bring change. Plus, a conversation with Knight Foundation Detroit Program Director, Nate Wallace, on including more diversity in the arts. And, a new hip hop music video encourages people to wear masks during the pandemic.