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Late in the evening on March 10, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the first cases of coronavirus in Michigan. In the days that followed, the state was on alert as the disease COVID-19 took hold. A two-week shutdown became a month, then three months, then six months. Now, one year later, all of our lives look very different. Masks are commonplace, many of us still work from home, and students continue to learn remotely. Weddings and trips were postponed or cancelled. Lives were put on hold, and worse. More than 16,000 Michiganders have died of COVID-19. Over 650,000 have tested positi...

Racism is the idea that one racial group is inferior or superior to another, and has the social power to carry out and benefit from systemic discrimination. This applies to most, if not all, institutions in this country, including public media. Anti-Blackness and white supremacy shape both the institutional policies and practices of society and shape the cultural beliefs and values that support racist policies and practices. White supremacy is the political and socio-economic system that allows white people both at a collective and individual level to enjoy structural advantage and rights tha...

Credit Spectrum Health 2020 has been a challenging year for many. But even with all that has happened, there were still stories of hope and inspiration, leading to some feel-good moments that we may have forgotten amid all the turmoil. Today we'll take a look back at some of Michigan Radio's top "feel-good" stories of 2020. This list started as a compilation of five stories, but as we worked on it, we realized there was a lot of good that came out of this year, and that readers like you might appreciate an abundance of good and hopeful news. So, take a look back with us at 12 stories that gav...

Credit Bryce Huffman / Michigan Radio It was Christmas Eve 2016, and Candice Miller was just days away from taking office after winning the race for Macomb County's public works commissioner, when a section of the interceptor sewer pipe collapsed on 15 Mile Road – causing a  sinkhole the size of a football field. The interceptor is a massive sewer line that that carries the waste flushed by more than 500,000 people from nearly a dozen communities in Macomb County to Detroit's wastewater treatment plant. First responders and construction crews rushed to the scene, evacuating people from thr...

Image credit: Screen Grab Three reporters and their editor recall the residents they spoke with and the stories they told throughout an unprecedented year in news. The pandemic created a year unlike any other, and in Detroit, life amid COVID-19 was both turbulently heartbreaking and sometimes inspiring, often at the same time. In this hour, Stephen Henderson looks at the ways that residents, businesses and City of Detroit officials responded to all the twists and turns of 2020. He’s joined by the BridgeDetroit team for a look back at their work and the moments that stand out most to...