Jun 13, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From WDET Detroit Public Radio Father’s Day is this Sunday, and while there are many struggles to being a parent, men who have been incarcerated citizens may find it very tough to be a father. There are many challenges for incarcerated parents — and while serving...
May 3, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From AXIOS Detroit DETROIT – Prominent names in environmental justice have formed a group to push for statewide change addressing how pollutants affect residents cumulatively. The big picture: Joined by Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed, advocates...
Apr 23, 2024 | Engage Michigan
Partner Group: American Federation of Teachers Local 5671 From ABC 12 News FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Tenure-track faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint are officially unionized. The union, American Federation of Teachers Local 5671, announced they were...
Apr 11, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From Detroit Metro Times Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree is defying demands to impose a moratorium on owner-occupied home foreclosures after a study suggested the city is illegally overtaxing houses worth less than $35,000. In a statement to Metro Times on...
Mar 25, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From Bridge Michigan (Guest Commentary by Chuck Warpehoski who is the Program Director for Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration): When Governor Whitmer announced her budget recommendations for 2024-2025, it was with wind in her sails on public safety. The...
Mar 25, 2024 | Engage Michigan
From WDIV 4 (Clickondetroit.com): CINCINNATI – The fate of a 70-year-old oil pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac was debated in court on Thursday, March 21. The hearing was over which court — federal or state — will hear Michigan’s case to...
