Category: Video
8/16/20: American Black Journal – Racism as Public Health Crisis / Equity in the Arts
Nov 13, 2020
Stephen talks with Nate Wallace from Knight Foundation’s Detroit office about an op-ed he wrote indicating the need for Black Detroiters to have more access to the arts.
Read MoreWatch – MPC20 Conversations: Respond and Rebuild
Nov 13, 2020
MPC20 Conversations: Respond and Rebuild is a free digital series offering national and local speakers and dialogue, inspired by the tenor of conversation traditionally held at the Mackinac Policy Conference.
Read More10/4/20: American Black Journal – Black Lives Matter: Police-Community Relationships
Oct 1, 2020
In the ongoing series, “Do Black Lives Matter in America?,” we take a closer look at the relationship between Detroit police and the community, especially in light of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.
Read MoreWATCH: COVID313 Community Voting Rights Town Hall
Sep 29, 2020
Learn everything you need to know about exercising your right to vote on Election Day – featuring Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Read More9/27/20: American Black Journal – Black Lives Matter: Is the Media Getting It Right?
Sep 25, 2020
In the ongoing series, “Do Black Lives Matter in America?,” we have frank conversations about the way the news media has covered the Black Lives Matter protests, and we take a look at diversity in the nation’s newsrooms.
Read More9/20/20: American Black Journal – Black Lives Matter: The Movement and the Message
Sep 18, 2020
ABJ is launching a 3-part series of shows produced in collaboration with the innovative, community-based news organization, BridgeDetroit, and focusing on the question: “Do Black Lives Matter in America?”
Read More9/13/20: American Black Journal – National Suicide Prevention Month / Detroit Phoenix Center / Detroit Jazz City
Sep 11, 2020
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Stephen talks with the founder of a non-profit that has launched a campaign to reduce the rising rates of suicide among young Black boys ages 5-12.
Read More9/6/20: American Black Journal – Presidential Campaigns / Police Shootings / Chadwick Boseman
Sep 3, 2020
On the next American Black Journal, our roundtable of communications consultants, political strategists and radio personalities take on the topics that everyone is talking about in the African American community.
Read More8/30/20: American Black Journal – Dying Before Their Time / Sundown Towns
Aug 28, 2020
Stephen talks with DAAA President & CEO Ronald Taylor about the report’s findings and ways to reduce the numbers.
Read More8/23/20: American Black Journal – Detroit Jazz Festival / Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Aug 21, 2020
Stephen gets all of the details on the new virtual format for this year’s 41st Annual Detroit Jazz Festival.
Read More8/9/20: American Black Journal – Policing, the Community & Schools / Detroit Trinity International Film Festival
Aug 7, 2020
Stephen talks with Sherry McRill of Northeast Integrated Health about a program that sends social and behavioral health experts on calls with police to help provide needed services to the community.
Read More8/2/20: American Black Journal – Wayne State University / Disability Network / Plowshares Theatre Company
Jul 31, 2020
Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson talks with Stephen about the many changes coming to the campus this fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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News From Around Detroit
- Art behind bars: U-M program is changing lives of Michigan inmatesby Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Artwork from current and former inmates is on display through Sunday in the Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
- With a new director coming soon, what’s the state of DDOT?by Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Detroit Department of Transportation leader Mikel Oglesby is leaving at the close of October, prompting some advocates and union officials to worry about DDOT’s future. Oglesby and city leaders say plans will stay on track.
- Metro Detroit students start new school year with familiar challenges, fresh solutionsby Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, Orlando Bailey, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit, Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press and Micah Walker (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
The 2023-24 year marks the fourth full school year since the pandemic started, and offers the state’s public schools an opportunity to recalibrate academic recovery programs, tackle mental health issues, and address longstanding problems.
- New school year and new challenges on the first day of school in metro Detroitby Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit, Orlando Bailey and Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
As the new school year begins in Detroit Public Schools Community District and others across Michigan, students face familiar challenges — with the promise of fresh solutions.
- Eastside Community Network regroups after center rammed by pickup truckby Olivia Lewis (Olivia Lewis, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Benjamin Noah Weinstein, a 42-year-old white Detroiter, is charged with six felonies in connection with the Aug. 19 incident that damaged the longtime community center with a predominately Black membership
National Headlines
- Kevin McCarthy is out as speaker of the House. What happens next?
The House of Representatives has entered uncharted territory after a last-ditch, right-wing effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded.
- What led to the collapse of McCarthy's speakership and what's next for the House
For the first time in this nation's history, the House of Representatives formally ousted its speaker. A handful of hard-right Republicans and every Democrat voted together to remove the gavel from Speaker Kevin McCarthy's hand. The move came nine months to the day since McCarthy lost his first vote to become speaker. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports from Capitol Hill.
- News Wrap: Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal gun charges
In our news wrap Tuesday, Hunter Biden pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he lied about drug use when he bought a handgun in 2018, a state judge in New York imposed a limited gag order on former President Trump at his civil trial for alleged business fraud and President Biden sought to reassure allied leaders today about the U.S. commitment to Ukraine.