Category: Community Update

Secretary of State Benson talks integrity of the election and ban on open carry

SOS Jocelyn Benson talks open carry, the integrity of the election, and voting logistics.

The Electoral College and The National Popular Vote

Bill Kubota reports on the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact – a way to make the popular vote count while maintaining the Electoral College when electing the President of the United States.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Detroit Public TV and the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy are partnering on a series of four crucial discussions with key newsmakers, news reporters and public officials on issues relating to the vote.

Detroit Performs: Detroit Public Theatre & Friends

Detroit Public Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Detroit Public TV & WNED Buffalo partnered to bring two unique one-person shows to the small screen.

10/26/20: One Detroit – Michigan Opera Theatre / Marygrove / Alexander Vlahos / Detroit Youth Choir

Peter Whorf + Yuval Sharon interview about Michigan Opera Theatre stepping off the stage to bring audiences theatre in a way they’ve never seen by presenting the opera in the MOTs parking structure.

High School in a Pandemic

Christy McDonald catches up with PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs students Isaac, Mackenzie, and Emily about how school has changed when it comes to learning virtually and interactions with friends and teachers.

Roxane Gay – Creatives in a Time of Crisis

Stephen Henderson moderated a virtual discussion with author, Roxane Gay October 22, 2020.

Michigan Senate Race: Down to the Wire

One Detroit contributors, Stephen Henderson from American Black Journal, and Nolan Finley from The Detroit News talk about the Gary Peters / John James Michigan Senate race.

Black Voices Change Lives

Stephen Henderson talks with the President of the Detroit NAACP, Rev. Wendell Anthony, about the importance of this year’s election to the African American community.

What’s on the Mind of Militia Groups?

One Detroit’s Will Glover sits down with Dr. Amy Cooter, Vanderbilt Sociology lecturer and expert on U.S. domestic militias and related nostalgic groups.

Know your voting rights

Still have questions about voting in-person or via absentee ballot? One Detroit talks with ACLU Voting Rights Strategist, Sharon Dolente, and Heaster Wheeler, Asst. Secretary of State for MI, about what voters should know about making their ballot count in the November 3rd 2020 Election.

9/28/20: One Detroit – Penny Stamps Speaker Series / Botanical Installations / Ken Fischer / Movement II “JUSTICE!”

The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series brings respected leaders and innovators from a broad spectrum of creative fields. Lisa Waud’s botanical installations include large-scale, multi-sensory, immersive works utilize living plants and cut flowers.

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News From Around Detroit

Feds arrest leader of white supremacy group who ran 'hate camp' in Michigan
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The leader of a national white supremacist group and one of his associates were charged in Michigan Thursday with multiple crimes.
Betsy DeVos is most-sued secretary in history of U.S. Dept. of Education
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Betsy DeVos is the most-sued secretary in the 41-year history of the U.S. Department of Education.
Upper Peninsula road closed after beavers create a dam, plugging up roadside water channel
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The damages, a result of the beavers plugging a culvert along the road, are not expected to be repaired until next week.
Michigan Court of Appeals denies Benson appeal, says open carry at polls is legal
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected an appeal from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
Michigan sets new restrictions on dining, gatherings as COVID-19 cases rise
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The order comes as Michigan coronavirus cases surge, sending more residents to the hospital and resulting in more deaths.

National Headlines

Virginia Military Institute to remove statue of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson

School spokesman Bill Wyatt said the board also voted Thursday to take several other steps toward addressing issues of diversity. He says the board directed the adoption of a diversity hiring plan and created a permanent diversity office.
Carnegie Hall to remain closed through April 5

Carnegie has been closed since March 12 and last June has canceled performances through Jan. 6. The venue has shifted some of its programming online.
Trump, Biden campaign in Florida, which has backed winning candidate for decades

With Election Day in less than a week, the Trump and Biden campaigns are increasingly holding events in the same battleground states, on the same days. At a Thursday rally in Tampa, Florida, President Trump continued to downplay the national surge in COVID-19 cases, while former Vice President Joe Biden urged residents of the state's Broward County to vote. Yamiche Alcindor reports.