Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis
One Detroit offers exclusive daily interviews and updates on how the community is responding and how to keep your family safe during the COVID-19 crisis.
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.
WATCH: COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Live
Each Thursday at noon, join the COVID313 Community Coalition for Families and Students for a Virtual Townhall focused on supporting parents, students, and families during the Coronavirus outbreak.
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.
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.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 31
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
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.
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.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 30
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
The Changing Demographics of Wayne County
A special Election 2020 report looks at the changing make up of voters in Wayne County and the impact they may have on the presidential election.
Domestic Terrorism and the Power of Words
University of Michigan’s Javed Ali talks about domestic terrorism and the power of words.
How to Reduce Crime and Increase Safety in Detroit
Orlando Bailey spoke with social justice activist Tawana Petty and Bridge Detroit reporter Bryce Huffman about the current state of crimefighting in the city.
Bridge Detroit | Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s year: Nooses, beheadings and shouts of tyranny
The Michigan governor faced criticism for her emergency orders during the coronavirus pandemic. But Whitmer also endured seven months of ominous threats, intimidation and accusations that culminated in an alleged plot to kidnap her.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 29
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Deep Cover: The Drug Wars
Detroit Public TV’s Marty Fischhoff interviews Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Jake Halpern, about his first podcast, “Deep Cover: The Drug Wars.”
Why the Auto Show Moved to Fall 2021
Nolan Finley talked with Rod Alberts, Executive Director of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, about what the re-envisioned North American International Auto Show will look like as an outdoor show and why the move to fall.
Diversity in the nation’s newsrooms
A report from One Detroit’s Will Glover on the importance of diversity in the nation’s newsrooms.
Oakland County: Reasons Behind the Blue Wave
Christy McDonald takes a closer look at the changing makeup of voters in Oakland County and their possible impact on the 2020 presidential election.
Ozzie Rivera: A Lifetime of Music
One Detroit’s Bill Kubota sat down with Ozzie Rivera to talk about the origins of his passion for music and celebrating culture, memories of drum circles in Clark Park and his outlook on salsa’s longevity.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 28
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Macomb County, a Bellwether for the Country
In a special Election 2020 report, Christy looks at how Macomb County voters have historically had a big influence on presidential election outcomes.
The High Cost of Freeways
One Detroit Associate Producer, Will Glover, takes a look at why Detroit’s highways are a relic of structural racism, what that means, and what we can do to reckon with the past
Journalists of color on covering racial injustice
What is it like to be a journalist of color covering the black lives matter protests and other stories about racial injustice?
WATCH: COVID313 Community Voting Rights Town Hall
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.
Detroit Month of Design with Design Core Detroit
One Detroit’s Will Glover interviews Olga Stella, Executive Director of Design Core Detroit and Kiana Wenzell, Director of Culture and Community about the 10 year anniversary of Detroit Month of Design.
Making special education work during the pandemic
During One Detroit’s Education Special: School Daze, the team took a look at how special education is being handled in districts, by getting a sense of teacher, parent, and administrative perspectives.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 27
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
The State of Our Schools
Stephen Henderson talks with Erin Einhorn of NBC News and Chastity Pratt, Education Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal, about the biggest issues facing not only local districts but also nationwide as students go back to school.
Fighting for a Detroit that allows all its citizens to flourish and be safe
Orlando Bailey of BridgeDetroit speaks with Tristan Taylor, organizer of the group “Detroit Will Breathe,” and longtime Detroit activist Carolyn Baker about the protests against police brutality and systemic racism.
How COVID-19 is changing college for good
Christy talks with New York Times bestselling author and higher education journalist, Jeffrey Selingo, about how changes to higher ed during COVID-19 could influence how students think about college going forward.
Senator Gary Peters and John James Town Hall
Nolan Finley of the Detroit News and Stephen Henderson of American Black Journal talked with both Senate candidates, John James and Senator Gary Peters this week in townhall conversations.
Can a prison artist’s paintings help bring him freedom?
One Detroit’s Bill Kubota learns about the Prison Creative Arts Project at the University of Michigan, where paintings are for sale to raise money for legal help.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 26
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Detroit Jazz City
Catch a first glimpse of “Detroit Jazz City,” the upcoming half hour DPTV documentary on Detroit’s role in helping introduce jazz music to the world.
WATCH – COVID313 Virtual Townhall: Supporting Immigrant Communities
Metro Detroit families and students join COVID313 for a talk with experts about Coronavirus and its effects on immigration policies, basic needs, the 2020 Census and more.
Smashing Suicide Among Black Youth
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.
Restoring Civility to Our Campaign Conversations
One Detroit contributors, Nolan Finley of The Detroit News and Stephen Henderson of “American Black Journal” talk about what civility really means when it comes to discussions about politics in an intensely polarized time.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 25
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Chalkbeat Detroit: ‘Where are the kids?’ Inside the first day of online learning for one Detroit school
After a spring of incalculable loss, educators in Detroit are scrambling to get students back on track.
Clawson: One city under a pandemic, part 2
In the second of a series of reports, One Detroit’s Bill Kubota and Chris Jordan, past and current Clawson residents, see how the city is lending its support to keep things going during the pandemic.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 24
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Returning to School: Students’ Hopes & Concerns
In collaboration with the PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs, DPTV’s One Detroit will have student reporters from four Detroit-area schools tell stories through video of what life is like at schools right now during COVID-19.
Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
University of Michigan’s Director of Choirs, Dr. Eugene Rogers, sits down with Aaron Dworkin of Arts Engines for a conversation about the powerful choral work that pays tribute to African American men killed by police or other authority figures.
Bridge Detroit: ‘You have to be nimble’: Four Black-owned businesses on weathering the pandemic
As National Black Business Month wraps up, Black-owned businesses have been hit especially hard with shut downs related to the pandemic.
The Detroit Area Agency on Aging
A report from the Detroit Area Agency on Aging reveals alarming statistics about mortality rates for older people in the Detroit area.
The high cost of high water
A Great Lakes Now report takes a look at the city of South Haven, MI, where the costs from high water damage are estimated to top $20 million.
Detroit COVID-19 Memorial Day
The loved ones of Detroiters lost to COVID-19 had a chance to have memorial processions on Belle Isle, where the City of Detroit has set up hundreds of billboards honoring victims of the coronavirus.
Detroit Jazz Fest 2020 doesn’t miss a beat
Stephen Henderson talks with Chris Collins, Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation president and artistic director, in conjunction with Rocket Mortgage Director of Community Sponsorships Jasmin DeForrest.
The fight for better pay at nursing homes
Last week, plans for a strike at some Detroit area nursing homes was avoided because of a restraining order and actions by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One Detroit hears from one nursing home worker who has been on the job for more than 20 years.
Silent Heroes: Michael Payne, Jr.
Tara Hardy, Manager of Education Initiatives at DPTV, interviews Michael Payne Jr., President of Black Male Educators Alliance of Michigan, about the challenges Black men face in pursuing careers in education and more.
The M-Response Corps Responds to COVID-19
One Detroit talks with two U-M medical students, Clare Anderson and Ali Hammoud, about their experience, how it felt to have their routines upended all virtually overnight, and what they did to respond to this new and unfamiliar situation.
Sila: The Breath of the World
In their first live concert since March, John Luther Adams’ “Sila: The Breath of the World” will be presented with 32 professional musicians filling The Quad at Cranbrook Upper School. Peter Whorf from WRCJ finds out more.
Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Dr. Kimberlydawn Wisdom of Henry Ford Health System talks about the governor’s declaration of racism as a public health crisis and what it means for the community.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 22
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Return to Learn
Christy caught up with Amber Arellano, who is the Executive Director of the Education Trust Midwest, for what the beginning of the school year will look like for Michigan.
COVID-19 Round the World
One Detroit’s Bill Kubota talks to a doctor in Sweden, a teacher in Tokyo and an artist in New Zealand about how other countries are dealing with COVID-19.
X marks the art
AXD and Living X reflects on Detroit’s legacy and evolutions throughout the city, while examining what it means to be both artists and residents of Detroit at this transformative moment.
Equity in the Arts
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.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 21
Please join the COVID313 Virtual Town Hall for Families and Students every Thursday starting at noon, featuring experts talking about coronavirus, education and school updates, accessing basic needs, and keeping your family healthy.
Detroit Trinity International Film Festival
The organizers of the 14th Annual Detroit Trinity International Film Festival have decided that the show must go on.
Sundown towns: Then and now
One Detroit talked with BridgeDetroit’s Bryce Huffman, about his recent report on how many Detroit suburbs are wrestling with their legacy of being sundown towns that carried out anti-black policies.
Policing, the community & schools
Stephen Henderson talked with Misha Stallworth, Detroit Public Schools board member, and Sherry McRill, President and CEO of Northeast Integrated Health, about strategies to support the police and the public.
The paywall cometh, this week
The Detroit News and Free Press start delivering some of their news by paid subscription starting Wednesday August 12.
Chalkbeat Detroit: 5 key questions that could shape the future of virtual learning in Michigan
Even with most back-to-school policy in Michigan still up in the air, one thing is already clear about the fall: Schools will continue the extraordinary online learning experiment that began when classrooms closed this spring.
Detroit, a pandemic and the census
Victoria Kovari is leading the charge on the 2020 Detroit Census and talks to One Detroit about the challenges of getting more people to participate in the middle of a pandemic.
Closing the reading gap in Detroit Public Schools
Pamela Good runs Beyond Basics, a reading improvement program that’s been implemented in Detroit to help solve the literacy deficit in DPSCD students.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 20
Detroit Public Health Director Denise Fair and Wayne County Acting Health Department Director Carol Austenberry have the latest on what tests are most effective and what you should do if you haven’t been tested yet or need to get the test again.
Clawson: One city under a pandemic
In the wake of the pandemic – how does a town cope? One Detroit looks at the challenges for retailers in the city of Clawson, nestled between Royal Oak and Troy in southeast Oakland County.
How Disability Network Wayne County-Detroit is meeting needs during the pandemic
Lori Hill Sanders, executive director of The Disability Network Wayne County-Detroit, explains how the organization is working to meet the needs of the disabled and disadvantaged during the crisis.
Chalkbeat Detroit: Watch Detroit teens speak about race and activism: ‘If you don’t advocate for yourself, no one will’
During the hour-long conversation, Detroit high school student tackled issues of racism, teaching Black history, police in schools, and activism.
Reopening Wayne State University
Stephen Henderson spoke with Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson about the university’s plans to reopen in the midst of COVID-19.
The White House’s anti-crime initiative and Detroit
UofM law professor and Former US Attorney for the Eastern District of MI, Barbara McQuade, talks with Stephen about the legalities of deploying federal agents to Detroit.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 19
Michigan House Republican policy advisor Brad Wever checks in with the COVID313 Town Hall. He gives an update on the education budget in Lansing.
The Michigan primary, down to the wire: Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson explains how to vote
The Michigan Primary is next Tuesday. One Detroit’s Bill Kubota talks with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to talk about safe voting options.
Bridge Detroit: Detroit suburbs grapple with the history of being anti-Black ‘sundown towns’
Segregation, violence and intimidation shaped Detroit’s suburbs. Residents and officials say they want to leave the past behind.
Coming Clean: Marveling at The Henry Ford’s Reopening
Christy McDonald talks with Patricia Mooradian, President and CEO of The Henry Ford about reopening and the safety measures they are practicing.
The importance of workplace diversity
Communications and marketing consultants Mark Lee and Karen Dumas and Trina Scott, Chief Diversity Officer at Rock Ventures, highlight the importance of businesses having a diverse workforce.
Plowshares Theatre Presents a Musical Remembering of ‘Hastings Street’
Michigan’s only professional African American Theatre, Plowshares Theatre Company, presents a virtual concert of songs from an original musical set in Detroit past.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 18
Speaking at this week’s COVID313 Town Hall meeting, State Representative Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit, tells his COVID-19 story and what needs to be done in Lansing as the pandemic continues.
Celebrating Student Milestones
A look at how communities across Metro Detroit have given their graduating seniors the applause they deserve during the pandemic.
ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day’s new direction
Executive Director Luther Keith explains what the scaled down version of ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day will look like in order to keep everyone safe.
“Hamilton” hitmaker, Jeffrey Seller, talks about the secret of the musical’s success
Chastity Pratt sits down one-on-one with producer Jeffrey Seller, the metro behind “Hamilton” who talks about growing up in Oak Park and how he makes Broadway magic.
How do you cover the protests? An iPhone and a gas mask are just the start
Detroit Free Press photographer Mandi Wright talks to One Detroit about how she covered the protests as demonstrators reacted to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 17
Speaking at this week’s COVID313 Town Hall meeting, State Representative Tyrone Carter, D-Detroit, tells his COVID-19 story and what needs to be done in Lansing as the pandemic continues.
An Old School Deli dilemma
Steve Morse is once more dispensing corned beef on rye at his Roseville deli after a three-month COVID-19 shutdown.
Parenting, COVID-19, and Schools: Where’s the Coordination?
If you don’t wear a mask now, will your kids go back to school in 6 weeks?
Cops and the Community: Detroit Police Chief talks about protests and calls for change
It has been quite a year for the Detroit Police Department. Police Chief James Craig and several other officers were infected with COVID-19 and had to be quarantined during the pandemic.
“No shirt, no shoes, no masks, no service” – why the new mandate
Wearing face masks is now mandatory in Michigan. Christy spoke today with Governor Whitmer about the mandate and its significance.
CCH Pounder, Actress and Art Collector
Most of us recognize award-winning actress CCH Pounder for her many television and movie roles. But what you may not know is that she’s also an avid art collector.
Systemic Racism Roundtable
Christy, Stephen and Nolan discuss systemic racism, the impact of the police brutality protests that are still occurring nationwide, and the increase in violence in some cities.
Black Lives Matter Detroit: “Our House Is on Fire”
One Detroit spent some time this week with Black Lives Matter Detroit’s John Sloan III, talking about a full page ad that appeared in the Detroit Free Press over the July Fourth weekend listing demands to change policing and more.
Carmen Williams: Single Mom and COVID-19 Survivor
After Carmen Williams, a single mom in Southwest Detroit tested positive for COVID-19, doctors told her to go home and self-quarantine from her young kids all while living under the same roof.
Fighting fatbergs
In 2019, a 19-ton glob of garbage and waste clogged a southeast Michigan sewer. Called a “fatberg,” the blockage was made of fats, oils and greases bound together mainly by disposable wipes.
Shannon Cason’s brutally honest storytelling
Shannon Cason’s podcast Homemade Stories encourages people to step out of their comfort zones, all in the quest of better stories.
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.
Detroit Free Press: Fear and loathing in the service industry as metro Detroit restaurants begin reopening
As Michigan’s 350,000 laid-off hospitality workers begin returning to work, some are questioning why they’re being called back so quickly during a health crisis.
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.
