The American dream of owning a home — or even renting one — is turning into a nightmare. The cost of housing is one of the top concerns for young people in Detroit and nationally. PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs Gwen Ifill Legacy Fellow Maria Witcher talks with experts from the University of Michigan about housing concerns and how they could drive young voters to the polls.
Read MoreStudents at the Frederick V. Pankow Center in Clinton Township, Michigan are getting real job opportunities and advantages in their field through Career & Technical Education (CTE) classes.
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PBS NewsHour correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro takes a critical look at the world’s underreported events and awakens us to understand the daily concerns of far-away people who increasingly affect our lives through the Under-Told Stories project.
Read MoreFrom Twitter to Instagram and now TikTok, social media use by teens is widespread. What impact is it having on their mental health? One Detroit summer intern Zion Williams talks with three of her high school friends, as well as mental health experts across Michigan, about how social media can effect teens’ developing minds and how parents can monitor their children’s wellbeing and online habits.
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Forty years after Chinese American draftsman Vincent Chin was brutally murdered outside a nightclub in Highland Park in 1982, activists from Detroit and across the nation continue to work to keep Chin’s legacy from fading in the midst of new waves of anti-Asian hate seen today.
Read MoreWhat does it look like on the inside of a friendship between three millennial gay Black friends in Detroit? In recognition of Pride Month, producer AJ Walker sits down with journalist and author Aaron Foley to talk about his new novel, including the controversial social, political and humanistic topics he covers and what he believes makes his characters different than those in other novels.
Read MoreOne Detroit visits Michigan’s first-ever Ramadan market to learn more about the history of the Islamic holiday and the importance of showcasing the holiday tradition in metro Detroit in the years to come.
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As tensions have risen in Afghanistan over the last several months, more than a thousand Afghan refugees are expected to seek shelter in parts of Michigan including the state’s west side, Lansing and Ypsilanti as more Afghanistan families evacuate their Middle Eastern homes to begin new lives. PBS NewsHour Community Correspondent Frances Kai-Hwa Wang reports from Eastern Michigan University’s campus in Ypsilanti, where Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County has been helping coordinate the refugees’ arrivals and housing with the help of Eastern Michigan University students.
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