Rev. Al Sharpton & Rev. Horace Sheffield III on the 2020 Election
Stephen Henderson has a candid conversation about the 2020 election with civil rights activists Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Horace Sheffield III.
Read MoreNov 9, 2020
Stephen Henderson has a candid conversation about the 2020 election with civil rights activists Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Horace Sheffield III.
Read MoreOct 19, 2020
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.
Read MoreAug 13, 2020
One Detroit contributor, Nolan Finley—who’s Editorial Page Editor for the Detroit News—spoke with his paper’s Editor and Publisher, Gary Miles, about the reasons for the paywall and what this move means for the future of newspapers in Detroit.
Read MoreApr 14, 2020
One Detroit Associate Producer talks with The Root Senior Writer Michael Harriot about how the COVID-19 pandemic is exposing how social & economic disparities particularly among Black & Brown Americans impact the country as a whole.
Read MoreNov 25, 2019
One Detroit recently convened its first town hall for Election 2020 in Warren. A group of nearly...
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It’s been a distinct privilege to serve at an organization that honors residents with a listening ear and action, Orlando writes.
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.
A $500,000 appropriation from last year’s state budget will take the Detroit-based organization to Lansing and Flint.
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.
In our news wrap Friday, Houston and other parts of the Gulf Coast are dealing with the aftermath of intense storms, the Israeli military says troops in Gaza found the bodies of three people killed by Hamas at the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, Russia carried out multiple strikes on Ukrainian territory and employees at two Mercedes facilities in Alabama voted against joining the UAW.
This has been a big week for the stock market. The Dow Jones, the much broader S&P 500 and the NASDAQ all reached record highs with the Dow crossing the 40,000 threshold for the first time. The markets have rallied back from the recent lows of 2022 and the Dow is about 40 percent higher than when the pandemic started. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Roben Farzad of Full Disclosure.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned a man convicted of killing a Black Lives Matter protester in the summer of 2020. Daniel Perry was serving a 25-year prison sentence for the murder of Garrett Foster, an armed white man who was attending a racial justice protest with his Black fiancee. Abbott had faced pressure to issue the pardon from conservative media figures. Stephanie Sy reports.