Michigan Restaurant Workers Make Too Little to Qualify for Emergency Funding
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended expectations and lives for Michigan's service workers. In the past few decades, the restaurant industry...
Amanda LeClaire is an award-winning host and producer of CultureShift on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. She’s a founding producer of WDET’s flagship news talk show Detroit Today, a former Morning Edition host at WDET, and a former host, audio and video producer, and reporter for Arizona Public Media.
She’s reported on stories as diverse as the decriminalization and therapeutic research of psychedelic substances, how Motown mourned the sudden death of musician Michael Jackson, the economic and environmental impact of mineral mining in Wyoming, how anomalous phenomena and research into UAPs has affected the lives of some people in the Southwest, and the impact of President Barack Obama’s historic 2008 election night in Detroit.
Amanda is also a creative writer, artist, certified intuitive and energy healer, and professional tarot reader. Amanda was raised in a mythical Great Lakes forest by Bryan Ferry and a prehistoric wolf, on a strict diet of gummy bears and early electronic music.
COVID-19 Could Finally Push Michigan’s Service Workers to Unionize
We’re facing an unprecedented time for many business sectors, but especially the food industry. Many restaurants were forced to close...
Thirty Years Ago, Nelson Mandela Visited Detroit
On June 28th, 1990, only months after being released from spending nearly three decades in prison, Nelson Mandela arrived in Detroit...
Motown’s Little-Known Political Hits Started Before Marvin Gaye
Motown's political legacy is often connected to the 1971 release of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” But the label’s past with politics...
Duggan on Police Driving Into Protesters: “What Are You Supposed to Do?”
A video shows a Detroit police vehicle accelerating through a crowd of protesters on Sunday night in Southwest Detroit. Protesters...
During Black Lives Matter Movement, Protest Art Can Be the Needle That Threads Change
Artist Nina Simone said that it is an artists’ duty to reflect the times they live in. This resonates in the current era of socio-political unrest. ...
Juneteenth, No Longer in the Shadows of American History
City of Detroit Juneteenth, the annual cultural celebration honoring the day in 1865 when Black people in Galveston, Texas learned of their...
Detroit Expands Juneteenth Celebrations, Quicken Loans Makes it a Paid Holiday
City of Detroit In the midst of weeks of civil rights marches across the nation and calls to defund the...
How To Talk About Race, Using This Online Tool
Race and social injustices can easily be added to a list of topics that are often uncomfortable and sensitive to...
Add These Summer Cult Classics to Your Movie Night Watchlist
Although summer is here, the season may not be quite the same for Metro Detroiters as we continue social distancing to battle...
Angry? Venting is Not the Answer, Says Aggression Expert
When we think about social and civic movements throughout history, anger is at the root cause of action. "One thing about...
Remembering Corey Hall, Detroit Film Critic and Personality, Dead at 43
Corey Hall, the witty yet thoughtful film critic for the Metro Times, died over the weekend at the age of...