Refugee resettlement agencies struggle after federal changes
Two of Michigan's refugee resettlement agencies help us understand what's happening on the ground in the midst of federal funding cuts, and the suspension of refugee admissions to the U.S. GUESTS: Lu...
21 Maalis 202516min
Getting money back from the foreclosure crisis
Wayne County is running a program to repay homeowners who lost their homes during the tax foreclosure crisis. The county had previously pocketed money collected at auction. But courts ruled the county...
20 Maalis 202512min
The young MI inventor giving kids free robots
As a curious and driven kid, Danielle Boyer worked hard to earn the money she needed to join her schools robotics team. But once she was able to join, she was met with bullying and harassment from mal...
19 Maalis 202519min
Predicting the perfect March Madness bracket
On this Stateside podcast, we hear from Michigan State University mathematician, Albert Cohen, on how we can use statistics to fill out our March Madness brackets. Looking for more conversations from...
18 Maalis 202516min
New Minimum Wage and Sick Leaves rules explained
On this Stateside podcast, Michigan Public's political director gets context and details about Michigan's new minimum wage and sick leave rules from Sean Egan. He oversees the State's Bureau of Employ...
17 Maalis 202515min
Ericka Huggins, woman of the Black Panther movement
Mary Frances Phillips' "Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericka Huggins” is a biography of the party's longest serving woman. GUEST:Mary Frances Phillips, author of Black Pan...
14 Maalis 202517min
Trump turns to Michigan for U.S. ambassadors
President Donald Trump nominated Dearborn Heights mayor Bill Bazzi as his ambassador to Tunisia. He’s also selected Hamtramck mayor Amer Ghalib as his ambassador to Kuwait. Both men have been at the c...
13 Maalis 202520min
Making sense of Michigan's immigration data
With just a few weeks' worth of data available, it's hard to say how immigration enforcement under the current Trump administration compares to that of previous years. Michigan Public's data reporter ...
12 Maalis 202516min
