The article “Freeways are Detroit’s most enduring monument to racism: Let’s excise them” by Nithin Vejendla discusses the racist history of freeway construction and urban sprawl in Detroit. The first thing that stood out to me about this article was the lack of dates and timelines throughout. Vejendla mentions a number of freeway construction projects […]
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Home equity theft: An emerging threat to tenants living in foreclosed properties
December 17, 2021 
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Tammie McShan standing in front of the home she purchased through a program offered by United Community Housing Coalition. Photo by Ali Dewald. As tears spill out from under her characteristic square-framed glasses, Tammie McShan looks around lovingly at her cozy Detroit home, walls adorned with framed family photos. “I thank God every day for […]
Continue readingControversy Amid Coronavirus: Detroit’s Plan to Reduce Water Shutoffs
March 10, 2020 7 Comments
This Detroit Free Press article only came out yesterday, but is very relevant to this week’s discussion, and overall does a very good job of giving a balanced perspective. The article opens almost as a public service announcement, firstly by showing a video of the city’s new plan being announced, and then jumping straight into […]
Continue readingDetroit public schools thank donors for clean water with private tour and luncheon
April 23, 2019 0 Comments
On a Wednesday at Breithaupt Career and Technical Center in Detroit, Dr. Nikolai P. Vitti, Superintendent of Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD), greets an unusual crowd for the setting. Seated at a dozen round tables decorated with colorful flower centerpieces are representatives from foundations and organizations who have collectively contributed $2.5 million to safe […]
Continue reading Local Artists Transforming Trash Through Art
December 14, 2018 0 Comments
Alexa Gordon, 23, a student at the STAMPS School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan, stacks her hands, one on top of the other, as she explains her next art piece. “I’m thinking paint and then canvas and more paint, so it has this really layered look.” Gordon grew up in a […]
Continue reading Biking in Detroit Spins Up
December 14, 2017 0 Comments
He takes off like a bat leaving a cave. He flies past the Wayne State Library, weaves around the corner, exits the campus, and cranks his way forward. The blur of safety glasses, gloves, winter jacket, ski mask, and Camaro-red-striped bike-helmet rockets around Merrick Street to Anthony Wayne Drive. JeShawn Chrite, a Detroit native […]
Continue readingFaith: Empowering and Uniting to Fight Health Disparities
December 14, 2017 0 Comments
Lines are painted, soccer nets are set, and kids convene on the dewy grass of Pingree Park in Southeast Detroit. One comes with fingers wrapped around his grandfather’s hand, nervous for his game. Six come out of a mini-van giggling, while their mom juggles the newly adopted infant, water bottles, and lawn chairs. As diverse […]
Continue readingIn the Newsroom
October 29, 2015 0 Comments
In the newsroom, it was a puzzle. People trying to fit themselves onto our desktops and our phones. Trying to imagine themselves as us. What do they want to see? What do they want to hear? What do we want to see? What do we want to hear? In the newsroom, it was surprising. Stories […]
Continue readingEpidemics in the News Today
April 7, 2015 3 Comments
Article Link: http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan-confirms-first-measles-case/30887204 What do you think about the relationship between news outlets and public health today? Dramatized? Effective? The rise of the internet age has brought with it both good and bad changes. With concerns to spreading the word about epidemics, for the most of the world today, the internet is the most efficient […]
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