Sept. 12, 2018
Detroit public school officials want to place water hydration stations in each of the district’s 106 buildings to provide a safe drinking source for students. Officials shut off the drinking water after some buildings showed high levels of lead or copper.
Sept. 7, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
“What eviction unconsciously teaches you is you are not worthy of the same kind of home as everyone else.”
Sept. 5, 2018
Detroit public school officials are shutting off drinking water at all 106 district buildings after finding elevated levels of lead and copper. Cause yet to be determined. Water coolers are now in all school buildings.
Aug. 30, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
Dr. Hanna-Attisha joins Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson to talk about her book, the Flint Water Crisis, and the broader crisis of contamination.
Aug. 29, 2018
Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says high lead and copper levels led him to make the decision out of “an abundance of caution.”
Aug. 24, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
The young writers took part in the Tuxedo Project and Downtown Boxing Gym’s summer youth program.
Aug. 23, 2018
A U.S. court has rejected ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar’s appeal of a 60-year sentence for possessing child porn. Defense argued the sentence was inflated because the former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor admitted to molesting females under his care.
Aug. 17, 2018
Researchers from Wayne State University’s School of Medicine say some non-traditional forms of treatment are helping lessen the mental impact of the Syrian civil war on refugees.
Aug. 16, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
“We feel that it would be a disservice to call an entire generation of children permanently brain damaged.”
Aug. 13, 2018 on Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
Bridge Magazine reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey opens up about her own childhood evictions in raw conversation on Detroit Today.
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