Category: Community Update

One Detroit Education Virtual Town Hall

Join DPTV Thursday, January 28 at 4:30pm ET for this important conversation about the state of education.

Students’ Messages to the New Administration

Michigan students from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs share which important issues they want President Biden to take on for the next 4 years.

1/24/21: American Black Journal – Flint Mayor Karen Weaver / Judge Leonia Lloyd

Former Flint Mayor Karen Weaver talks candidly with Stephen about the criminal charges brought against former Governor Rick Snyder and eight others in the Flint water crisis

Post-Inauguration Roundtable

Christy, Stephen, and Nolan talk about the expectations for the new administration and the increasing turmoil in the Republican party.

Misinformation & Critical Thinking

Will Glover interviews Reboot Foundation’s Helen Lee Bouygues on misinformation, disinformation and critical thinking.

The COVID Vaccine: Supply & Demand in Oakland County

Christy talks with Oakland County Executive, Dave Coulter, about the frustration of changing dose numbers and scheduling.

U.S. Capitol Attack & President Trump’s Impeachment

Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence gives her firsthand account of the frightening attack at the U.S. Capitol to ABJ contributor Orlando Bailey of BridgeDetroit.

1/17/21: American Black Journal – Rep. Brenda Lawrence / Dream Corps

Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence gives her firsthand account of the frightening attack at the U.S. Capitol to ABJ contributor Orlando Bailey of BridgeDetroit.

Facing Inequities

Thanks to a grant from the Kresge Foundation, The Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion is expanding its anti-racism work in the city of Detroit.

Clawson: One city under a pandemic, part 3

In the third of a series of reports, One Detroit’s BIll Kubota and Chris Jordan check in on Clawson businesses post-holidays.

Banished Words of 2021

One Detroit Associate Producer, Will Glover, cracks open Lake Superior State University’s annual list of banished words.

Fixing the Districts

One Detroit finds out how we’ll lose a seat in Congress this next election cycle and how district lines might be redrawn.

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News From Around Detroit

Hamtramck City Council could see 400% pay hike under proposal
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
A proposal on Tuesday's Hamtramck City Council agenda would lead to a 400% boost in city council members pay and would increase the mayor's pay by 275%.
Detroit's chili dog rivalry in the spotlight
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Another celebrity took sides in Detroit's most famous chili dog rivalry this weekend.
Hunter wants lock-up law in Michigan for guns in homes with young children
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Could a new law in Michigan keep a child from finding gun at home? Consider this tragedy in Detroit: a toddler fatally shot his 5-year-old cousin.
Fairy godfather of falafel, Rafic Baydoun, dies after COVID-19 battle
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Locals in the community knew Rafic Baydoun for his kind soul and hard-working spirit. After fighting COVID-19, Baydoun, 79, died on Saturday.
Video shows details of multiple-car pile-up, spinouts on westbound I-94 near Conner in Detroit
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
A video posted online shows at least eight cars idle after an apparent crash involving a few cars.

National Headlines

Biden to reinstate COVID travel rules, add South Africa
The decision to reverse the order is not surprising, but the addition of South Africa to the restricted travel list highlights the new administration's concern about mutations in the virus.
Environmentalists, industries are trying to find a methane solution
Methane emissions caused by human-related activities, especially from livestock, and oil and gas industries, are responsible for 25% of global warming, according to the United Nations. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the growing call by environmentalists and the oil and gas industry to measure and curb methane emissions. The report is part of our ongoing series on climate change, "Peril and Promise."
Biden rolls back Trump-era climate policies, commits to tackling crisis
In his first hours in office, President Biden signed executive orders aimed at tackling the climate crisis and rolling back Trump-era policies, some of which denied the science of human-caused climate change. NewsHour Weekend's Ivette Feliciano spoke with May Boeve, executive director of climate justice organization 350.org, about the potential impact of Biden's new climate commitments.