2023 Mackinac Policy Conference
The annual Mackinac Policy Conference returns May 30–June 1, 2023, bringing together business, community and policy leaders to collaborate on some of the biggest issues facing Michigan.
Read MoreMar 22, 2023 | Mackinac Policy Conference, One Detroit
The annual Mackinac Policy Conference returns May 30–June 1, 2023, bringing together business, community and policy leaders to collaborate on some of the biggest issues facing Michigan.
Read MoreMar 17, 2023 | One Detroit, One Detroit Full Episodes
Michigan Radio Political Director Zoe Clark gives an update on the latest sweep of bills passed by Michigan’s legislature, including gun control, LGBTQ+ rights, abortion and right to work. One Detroit’s future of work coverage examines workforce trends for Generation X. Plus, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Ailey II division hosts a dance workshop at Detroit School of Arts.
Read MoreMar 9, 2023 | One Detroit, One Detroit Full Episodes
Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley react to the key points from Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City address. Contributor Bryce Huffman examines Detroit’s paratransit services and the poor experiences of disabled riders. For Women’s History Month, we talked with Detroit jazz drummer Gayelynn McKinney. Plus, local events on “One Detroit Weekend.”
Read MoreMar 2, 2023 | One Detroit, One Detroit Full Episodes
Pingree Detroit Founder Jarrett Schlaff talks about his unique worker-owned business model and the benefits of building a business in Detroit. The Detroit Public Theatre features a powerful one-woman show, “The Peculiar Patriot,” about the systemic injustices of mass incarceration and America’s prison system. A behind-the-scenes look at the Detroit Opera’s “Xerxes.” Plus, “One Detroit Weekend.”
Read MoreFeb 23, 2023 | One Detroit, One Detroit Full Episodes
Bill Kubota talks with students, teachers and administrators at the Manoogian School about the influx of Ukrainian refugee students enrolling in the school. Rev. Horace Sheffield III reflects on his father’s legacy and his experiences as a child during the civil rights movement. Plus, Na’Zir McFadden discusses the DSO’s “Classical Roots” concert. And, Cecelia Sharpe shares weekend events.
Read MoreCunningham has spent a decade advocating for transit justice in Detroit, but that isn’t his biggest fight. He’s also encountered homelessness, incarceration and mental health challenges.
BOPC picked Victoria Shah, who formerly ran for a seat on the commission, and Jerome Warfield Sr., a west side pastor and an ex-chair of the board.
This year will mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his seminal ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.
BridgeDetroit contributor Olivia Lewis reflects on our transition to in-person engagement, policing, inclusive development and the will of Detroit’s voters.
BridgeDetroit’s Orlando Bailey reflects on our newsroom engagement in 2022 and plans to build continued community connection next year.
Only 10 percent of U.S. adults say they have significant confidence in the nation's banks and financial institutions, a new poll finds. That is down from the 22 percent who said they had high confidence in banks in 2020.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Piere will hold a news briefing on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve meets to decide on raising interest rates while grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation.
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law prohibiting transgender people at public schools from using the restroom of their choice.