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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

Metro Detroit could see up to 6 inches of snow in next few days
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Saturday is forecast to be the day with the most sun until Thursday, with temperatures remaining in the high 20s to low 30s throughout the week.
Why are racial disparities in Michigan's COVID-19 cases and deaths shrinking?
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The coronavirus hit Michigan's Black residents early and especially hard, but racial disparities in cases and deaths have narrowed.
Grosse Ile community tries to win Mega Millions jackpot to fix bridge
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
It's been almost a year since officials shut down and deemed the Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge unsafe, and residents are getting frustrated.
Winning Mega Millions $1B jackpot ticket sold in Novi
by USA TODAY (GANNETT Syndication Service)
The Mega Millions jackpot on Friday was worth an estimated $1 billion, making it the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history.
GM engineers build heated tents to make food distribution easier
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
A team of GM engineers created a heated tent system so Wayne Metro can better run its food distributions during winter.

National Headlines

The day Marie Curie got snubbed by the French science world
One hundred and ten years ago, Marie Sklodowska Curie was formally rejected for membership by the French Academy of Sciences.
2,100 arrested at protests demanding Navalny's release
Protests erupted in cities across Russia on Saturday to demand the release of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the Kremlin's most prominent foe. Police arrested more than 1,600 people, some of whom took to the streets in temperatures as frigid as minus-50 Celsius (minus-58 Fahrenheit).
UK doctors seek review of 12-week gap between vaccine doses
A major British doctors' group says the U.K. government should "urgently review" its decision to give people a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine up to 12 weeks after the first, rather than the shorter gap recommended by the manufacturer and the World Health Organization.