Author: Michael Sellers

Dr. Howard Markel on the historical context of pandemics

Mar 28, 2020

Christy McDonald speaks with Dr. Howard Markel, Director of the Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan, about the historical context of pandemics.

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3/29/20: American Black Journal – Small Business / Detroit neighborhoods / Remembering Marlowe Stoudamire

Mar 27, 2020

Stephen has a frank conversation with Pastor Barry Randolph of Detroit’s Church of the Messiah on how the outbreak is impacting residents in city neighborhoods.

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COVID-19 Pandemic & Xenophobia

Mar 24, 2020

Instances of hate crimes and anti-Asian sentiment are on the rise in the U.S., as repercussions of the coronavirus outbreak escalate. One Detroit’s Christy McDonald speaks with Roland Hwang, and Richard Mui to learn more.

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The Roundtable on the Presidential Election

Mar 24, 2020

The American Black Journal roundtable holds a frank discussion on the impact of the coronavirus on...

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3/22/20: American Black Journal – River Rouge School District / Roundtable

Mar 19, 2020

We learn how the River Rouge school district is providing students with food and learning materials while schools are shut down in wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

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3/19/20: One Detroit: Coronavirus & Education / Dave Massaron / Governor Whitmer / Marie Woo

Mar 19, 2020

Governor Whitmer talks with Christy McDonald about COVID-19. Topics include the state effort to provide medical personnel with masks and other necessary supplies.

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Why a successful lawyer became an advocate for Detroit neighborhood development
by Louis Aguilar (Louis Aguilar | Bridge Detroit)
The city is majority Black. Real estate development is not. Chase Cantrell has a plan to change that.
Effort underway to help mothers who can’t afford bail
by Olivia Lewis (Olivia Lewis | Bridge Detroit)
Detroiters are supporting #FreeBlackWomxn this Mother’s Day by contributing to the Bail Out Fund. Michigan Liberation and The Advancement Project are shifting views on incarceration by sharing photos and narratives in a new social media campaign while raising funds to send mamas home.
Detroit to get $440M in federal aid. Now to figure out how to spend it.
by Louis Aguilar (Louis Aguilar | Bridge Detroit)
Detroit will soon receive a huge federal check, thanks to the American Rescue Plan. How and what it can be spent on, however, remains unclear.
Freedom ain’t free: A look at Detroit’s proposed City Charter changes
by Orlando Bailey (Orlando Bailey | Bridge Detroit)
Authentically Detroit talks with Charter Commissioner Denzel McCampbell and television host Steve Hood about the Charter Commission’s proposed changes that will be before voters in August.
Youth-led work revives Detroit’s Denby neighborhood
by Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman | Bridge Detroit)
A Denby High School senior project turned into an eight-year commitment, in which students and residents took on blight, neighborhood parks and a commercial corridor.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has expanded a drought emergency declaration to a large swath of the nation's most populated state amid "acute water supply shortages" in northern and central areas.
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A NASA spacecraft is headed back to Earth with rubble it collected from an asteroid nearly 200 million miles away. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex fired its engines Monday to start the two-year trip home.
FDA greenlights Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15
New York became the latest state to require students at publicly funded colleges be vaccinated for the fall term -- a move that comes as overall, new infections in the U.S. have fallen to their lowest since last September. Vaccine manufacturer Pfizer announced Monday that it had received FDA approval to vaccinate children 12 to 15 years old. William Brangham has the latest COVID news.