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In Michigan, thousands of criminal records have been wiped clean through the expungement process because of the state’s Clean Slate Act.  Certain crimes can be expunged but some more serious… Read More »Pardons can help remove barriers to re-entry. Michigan ranks in the bottom fourth of states granting them. Some want to see that change.

The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea has opened their 35th season with “Norma & Wanda,” a holiday comedy by theatre founder, actor, and playwright Jeff Daniels. The dark comedy… Read More »Purple Rose Theatre Company opens new season with holiday comedy by theatre founder, actor and playwright Jeff Daniels

Celebrate 10 years of Detroit Future City with bold ideas, visionary voices, and real conversations about building an inclusive and sustainable future for all Detroiters. This special program features a… Read More »Detroit Future City 2025 Forum

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Lisa Whitmore Davis is the founder and executive producer of a documentary titled “The Whitmore Project.” She explains how the film chronicles her personal… Read More »How one woman’s breast cancer diagnosis served as a call to action for Black women

José Robinson moved to Detroit from Honduras with his adoptive family when he was 9 years old. His adoptive mother was a member of the Peace Corps and a native… Read More »José Robinson shares how he reconnected with his Latino roots

Detroit Public Theatre has opened its new season with the play “Here There Are Blueberries.” The play tells the true story surrounding an album of photographs donated to the United… Read More »Play about Holocaust photo album, “Here There Are Blueberries” opens at Detroit Public Theatre

Residents in Southwest Detroit are working to preserve the community’s Latino history by documenting stories of people who grew up there. Their oral history project is called VOCES, which is… Read More »Residents in Southwest Detroit preserve community’s past through oral history project

“She came here on that train, by herself … willing to do whatever it took to achieve the American Dream.” Sharon Sexton’s paternal grandmother, Consuela Duncan, came to Detroit from… Read More »Sharon Sexton shares her grandmother’s story of coming to Detroit to pursue the American Dream

Before coming to Detroit, Bill Goodwin’s father was from coal mining country in Herrin, Illinois and his mother worked on a tobacco farm in Princeton, Kentucky. His parents got married in… Read More »Bill Goodwin shares how his parents came to Detroit to find work in the automotive industry

Orig. Aired on Sept. 12, 2024. September is Black Reading Month is an observance that began in Detroit in 1980. The month-long observance encourages readers to explore literary works by Black authors… Read More »September is Black Reading Month encourages people to turn off the TV, read Black authors