News From Around Detroit
- James Beard semi-finalist Baobab Fare closes on new east side locationby Christine Ferretti and Orlando Bailey (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Hamissi Mamba considered opening a second location of his restaurant in Ann Arbor. But a trip to Detroit’s East Warren-Cadieux area changed his plans.
- Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance changes name, goes statewideby Orlando Bailey (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
A $500,000 appropriation from last year’s state budget will take the Detroit-based organization to Lansing and Flint.
- Black men bond where they feel at home — in the barbershopby Bryce Huffman, Orlando Bailey and Quinn Banks (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
The Black barbershop is a sanctuary for grooming and public rest and a pulpit to express joy, debate values and politics in a community that is affirming and safe.
- Black men bond where they feel at home — in the barbershopby Bryce Huffman, Orlando Bailey and Quinn Banks (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
The Black barbershop is a sanctuary for grooming and public rest and a pulpit to express joy, debate values and politics in a community that is affirming and safe.
- Detroit transit warrior finds his placeby Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Michael Cunningham II, a fierce advocate for bus riders and drivers in Detroit, has landed a one-bedroom apartment after nearly a decade of housing insecurity.
National Headlines
- Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87
Gossett's nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death was revealed.
- Cranes start to arrive to remove Baltimore bridge wreckage
The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard was being transported to Baltimore so crews on Friday can begin removing the wreckage of a collapsed highway bridge that has halted a search for four workers still missing days after the disaster.
- Rebuilding Baltimore's collapsed Key Bridge could take years and cost at least $400 million, experts say
Experts say it's better to look to more recent bridge disasters for a sense of how quickly reconstruction may happen.