Life Remodeled is a Detroit non-profit that deploys its sizeable volunteer corps to rejuvenate neighborhoods via an annual cleanup marathon. One Detroit associate producer, Will Glover, was on site to capture their efforts.
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News From Around Detroit
- A conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning author Jonathan Eigby Orlando Bailey and Christine Ferretti (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
The 669-page book uncovers never-before-seen papers, interviews and archives as well as King’s humanity.
- BridgeDetroit Engagement Director Orlando Bailey to head up Outlier Mediaby Orlando Bailey (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
It’s been a distinct privilege to serve at an organization that honors residents with a listening ear and action, Orlando writes.
- James Beard semi-finalist Baobab Fare closes on new east side locationby Christine Ferretti and Orlando Bailey (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Hamissi Mamba considered opening a second location of his restaurant in Ann Arbor. But a trip to Detroit’s East Warren-Cadieux area changed his plans.
- Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance changes name, goes statewideby Orlando Bailey (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
A $500,000 appropriation from last year’s state budget will take the Detroit-based organization to Lansing and Flint.
- Black men bond where they feel at home — in the barbershopby Bryce Huffman, Orlando Bailey and Quinn Banks (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
The Black barbershop is a sanctuary for grooming and public rest and a pulpit to express joy, debate values and politics in a community that is affirming and safe.
National Headlines
- U.S. inflation ticked down slightly last month in the first drop of 2024
A measure of underlying inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, also eased in April.
- Overdose fatalities fell last year, but the full picture is more complicated
While these national figures offer a rare glimmer of good news on this grim issue, outcomes vary greatly in different states.
- Palestinians mark the Nakba, the original 'catastrophe' of mass expulsion
The Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe, refers to the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were driven out of what is today Israel before and during the war surrounding its creation in 1948.