Category: Racial Disparity

HighScope: Ensuring adequate early childhood education & care

Stacey Abrams, Chastity Pratt and Dr. Iheoma Iruka, Chief Research Innovation Officer at HighScope talk about the importance of pre-K learning, ensuring adequate early childhood education and day care in the long term.

Should Black Americans need to keep explaining racism to white people?

Will Glover asks The Root senior writer Michael Harriot about when Black Americans should stop having to explain what is and is not racism to white people.

Housing insecurity: Eviction concerns mount during the pandemic

Non-profit groups are trying to provide assistance to renters in order to stave off evictions, which could lead to an increase in vacancies.

Shatila Bakery: How a Dearborn landmark is faring during the health crisis?

One Detroit’s Will Glover talks with Shatila Bakery’s Vice President, Nada Shatila, about surviving during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education in the time of COVID: School plans

Christy McDonald interviews superintendents on the options for returning to the classroom in the fall.

Joan Belgrave on coping with grief through music

Joan Belgrave is Detroit’s most noted Jazz Singer, she talks with Christy McDonald about lost gigs and uncertainty during the current pandemic.

Detroit Symphony Orchestra meets Interlochen online

Detroit Symphony Orchestra joins Interlochen online for virtual arts camp.

COVID-313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 14

With infection rates rising in other places, how big will the second COVID-19 wave hit here? Dr. Oveta Fuller of the University of Michigan Medical School has some thoughts on that and how well those filtration units work in the many offices that have reopened.

6/28/20: American Black Journal – Dr. Nikolai Vitti / Satori Shakoor / Sphinx Org

Stephen Henderson talks with Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti about the changes being put in place to keep students, teachers and staff safe. Master storyteller Satori Shakoor talks about the life-changing stories and messages coming out of the pandemic and George Floyd protests.

Mental health and the student mind

Christy McDonald talks with Karen Anthony, Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant for Oakland Schools, and Sirrita Darby, Director of Detroit Heals Detroit about the toll the abrupt school change has taken on student mental health.

Catch the broadcast premiere of “A Continuing Series of Small Indignities” on DPTV

Beginning with the fifth grade, 59-year-old Rodney Harris recounts his personal history dealing with a lifetime of racism. “A Continuing Series of Small Indignities” airs Wednesday, June 24 at 11:30pm on Detroit Public Television.

NBC News: When coronavirus closed schools, some Detroit students went missing from class. These educators had to find them.

Principal Jacqueline Dungey and her staff have spent the last three months knocking on doors and scouring social media in search of students needing help.

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News From Around Detroit

Will Fourth of July ever be the same? Not if we're fortunate enough to evolve as a nation
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Flags, barbecues and fireworks are traditions of many Independence Day celebrations. It's time to look at what some patriotic gestures really mean.
3 kids shot, 1 woman dead in Detroit shooting
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Three kids and a 40-year-old man were shot and a 39-year-old woman was fatally wounded in an overnight shooting in Detroit.
$2.45M West Bloomfield home is V-shaped, has lake views from every room
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Besides its original architecture the house has flourishes by Michigan sculptor Gary Kulak, who is head of Cranbrook Schools Fine Arts Department.
Car cruises disappear amid COVID-19 concerns
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Folks said summer temps would kill COVID-19, but its death was exaggerated. With a rebound in cases, summer cruise events for vintage cars are dying.
S&P 500 still hot into third quarter, driven partly by jobs numbers
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The S&P 500 gained nearly 20% in the second quarter, rebounding from its late March lows. The second quarter was the best for the index since 1998.

National Headlines

News Wrap: Istanbul trial begins for Saudi suspects in Khashoggi murder

In our news wrap Friday, a trial is underway in Istanbul for 20 Saudis charged in the October 2018 slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. None of the accused were in court, as Saudi Arabia rejected demands for their extradition. Also, Ethiopia's prime minister called out protesters for refusing to end a week of violent unrest following the shooting death of singer Hachalu Hundessa.
Major U.S. cities struggle to keep residents compliant as virus surges

As the Fourth of July approaches, coronavirus cases are rising across the country, with businesses and public spaces again closing down as a result. Where does the U.S. stand in terms of managing this public health crisis? Judy Woodruff talks to top elected officials of two major metropolitan areas: Judge Lina Hidalgo of Harris County, Texas, and Mayor Carlos Gimenez of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Why this pro-democracy Hong Kong activist decided to flee his home

The reverberations from China's new national security law, which restricts freedom of speech in Hong Kong, continue. Nathan Law is a prominent pro-democracy activist who fled Hong Kong after the crackdown. He joins Nick Schifrin to discuss what protesters on the ground need from the international community, whether he has hope for Hong Kong's future and the challenge of deciding to leave his home.