Detroit students use media to transform their reality
A program in Detroit is pairing digital media artists with classroom teachers in a handful of city schools. It’s called Detroit Future Schools. This year they’re teaming up with The James and Grace...
View ArticleThis Detroit family knows when you don't have what you need, you improvise
Think about most of the news stories you read about kids in Detroit. What comes to mind?Something about dysfunctional schools? Maybe a crime story?When’s the last time you felt like a story transported...
View ArticleMeet one of Detroit's last remaining Hmong families
When we talk about immigrant communities in Detroit, the Hmong don’t usually come up in that conversation. The ethnic group from Southeast Asia began settling in Northeast Detroit’s Osborn neighborhood...
View ArticleFamily's struggles inspire WMU nursing student to make mom proud
Back in March, I introduced you to 57-year-old Christina Lumpkin and her family. At the time, they were navigating a crisis. Lumpkins’s daughter, Maya, had lost her job at McDonalds, and the family...
View ArticleFor kids in Detroit, a good school may not last
This fall, it’s looking like Alyssa and Brianna Foster might switch to a new school.Again.It’s a pretty common experience in Detroit, where students switch schools 2.5 times more frequently than kids...
View ArticleFor one Detroit family, finding the right school in a sea of choices
Five-year-old Franca Grassi is only looking for two things in a kindergarten: She doesn't want to be forced to nap, and she wants to see her mom every day. Franca's parents, on the other hand, are a...
View ArticleA youth reporter takes you inside the huddle
As summer fades into fall, another season of high school football is set to begin.Jai'Shaun Isom is a Junior at Detroit Community High in Brightmoor.He's spent most of the summer practicing with his...
View ArticleA Detroit family's long journey to the first day of school
On her first day of school, Franca Grassi woke up, ate a bowl of oatmeal with diced nectarines and maple syrup. She brushed her teeth with the help of a Mickey Mouse iPhone app. Then her parents, Nikki...
View ArticleRemembering Detroit's Grace Lee Boggs
Philosopher, activist, and writer Grace Lee Boggs has died at her home on the east side of Detroit. She was 100.Over the past 70-plus years, she played roles in most of the major social movements this...
View ArticleFrom Laos to Detroit, an intergenerational journey
The Detroit neighborhood where Richard Chang lives has changed. A lot.
View ArticleDetroit students use media to transform their reality
A program in Detroit is pairing digital media artists with classroom teachers in a handful of city schools. It’s called Detroit Future Schools . This year they’re teaming up with The James and Grace...
View ArticleThis Detroit family knows when you don't have what you need, you improvise
Think about most of the news stories you read about kids in Detroit. What comes to mind? Something about dysfunctional schools? Maybe a crime story? When’s the last time you felt like a story...
View ArticleMeet one of Detroit's last remaining Hmong families
When we talk about immigrant communities in Detroit, the Hmong don’t usually come up in that conversation. The ethnic group from Southeast Asia began settling in Northeast Detroit’s Osborn neighborhood...
View ArticleFamily's struggles inspire WMU nursing student to make mom proud
Back in March, I introduced you to 57-year-old Christina Lumpkin and her family . At the time, they were navigating a crisis. Lumpkins’s daughter, Maya, had lost her job at McDonalds, and the family...
View ArticleFor kids in Detroit, a good school may not last
This fall, it’s looking like Alyssa Nuñez and and Brianna Foster- Nuñez might switch to a new school. Again. It’s a pretty common experience in Detroit, where students switch schools 2.5 times more...
View ArticleFor one Detroit family, finding the right school in a sea of choices
Five-year-old Franca Grassi is only looking for two things in a kindergarten: She doesn't want to be forced to nap, and she wants to see her mom every day. Franca's parents, on the other hand, are a...
View ArticleA youth reporter takes you inside the huddle
As summer fades into fall, another season of high school football is set to begin. Jai'Shaun Isom is a Junior at Detroit Community High in Brightmoor. He's spent most of the summer practicing with his...
View ArticleA Detroit family's long journey to the first day of school
On her first day of school, Franca Grassi woke up, ate a bowl of oatmeal with diced nectarines and maple syrup. She brushed her teeth with the help of a Mickey Mouse iPhone app. Then her parents, Nikki...
View ArticleRemembering Detroit's Grace Lee Boggs
Philosopher, activist, and writer Grace Lee Boggs has died at her home on the east side of Detroit. She was 100. Over the past 70-plus years, she played roles in most of the major social movements this...
View ArticleFrom Laos to Detroit, an intergenerational journey
The Detroit neighborhood where Richard Chang lives has changed. A lot. Chang moved into the Osborn neighborhood in 1980 “because the economy in Michigan was really good,” he says. That changed...
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