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Bacon Auchter's Art Daniel Howes State of Opportunity Detroit Journalism Cooperative All On-Air Programs Stateside Stateside Life on the Inside Stateside on Apple Podcasts Stateside on Google Podcasts Podcasts Believed Kids These Days Same Same Different Support Our Podcasts Podcast Guide Podcasts and RSS Feeds Connect About Contact us by phone or email How to Listen Meet our staff Newsletters and daily emails iPhone or Android apps Job postings Enter contests Online Streaming Help Events Community Calendar Issues & Ale Support Give Now Access Your Membership Online Corporate Sponsorship Support FAQ Contact Support Vehicle Donation Program Grant Support Search GUNDULA VOGEL / PIXABAY Nursing home task force submits its recommendations to Gov. Whitmer A task force charged with recommending how nursing homes should manage COVID-19 in the event of a second wave submitted its report to Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week. Read More Steve Carmody / State will order bankrupt Sanford dam owner to make fixes Simon Albaugh / Yemeni American News Recruited by Ford a century ago, Michigan’s Yemeni community has come into its own Here's how Michigan universities plan to reopen in the fall Read more U of M faculty consider vote of no confidence in administration over COVID-19 By Caroline Llanes • 10 hours ago Katie Raymond / Faculty members at the University of Michigan are considering a vote of no confidence in response to the university’s plan to reopen. This comes after a memo from the school’s Ethics and Privacy Committee circulated online. The memo expresses concern that the school’s reopening plan does not meet a reasonable safety standard and notes that vulnerable populations would be the most hurt by the current plan. Stateside: COVID-19 outbreaks in schools; Yemeni Americans in Michigan; music pioneer Wendy Carlos By Stateside Staff • 12 hours ago Philippe Bout / Unsplash Listen Listening... / 49:50 Stateside for Tuesday, September 1, 2020 Today on Stateside , the Yemeni community in Hamtramck recently marched with Detroit Will Breathe protesters through the city and into Detroit. We spoke with an editor of the Yemeni American News about the community and their role in the protests. Plus, a new biography about Wendy Carlos, the woman who changed electronic music and reset the boundaries for composition. Postal Service Watchdog Outlines 'Concerns' Surrounding Election Readiness By Alana Wise • 14 hours ago The U.S. Postal Service's inspector general has outlined a number of ongoing concerns about the agency's ability to manage the influx of mailed ballots for the 2020 election — separate from the recent controversial actions by the postmaster general. The internal watchdog said in a report that it found several potential problems in the way mail was being processed, including ballots mailed without bar code mail-tracking technology and out-of-date voter addresses. Proposed settlement in 1,4 Dioxane contamination of groundwater around Ann Arbor By Lester Graham • 17 hours ago Scio Residents for Safe Water Between 1966 and 1986 a manufacturing plant owned by Gelman Sciences used a chemical called 1,4 Dioxane. Today, ground water is contaminated by that chemical. While there have been previous court agreements on cleanup, a fourth amendment has been proposed to require stricter cleanup levels, and more monitoring wells to track the underground plume of Dioxane. Michigan legislators are looking at ways to make school buses safer By Steve Carmody • 18 hours ago Like_the_Grand_Canyon / flickr Michigan lawmakers are discussing ways to make school buses safer. The House Judiciary Committee reviewed a package of bills during a hearing Tuesday. State Rep. Jack O’Malley (R-Lake Ann) backs a bill that would make it a misdemeanor for an unauthorized person to board a school bus. Central Michigan University student group calls for an end to in-person classes By Ben Thorp | WCMU • 21 hours ago Central Michigan University With 178 cases of COVID-19 connected to the return of students to Mount Pleasant, a Central Michigan University student group is calling for the cancelation of in-person classes. Last week, CMU officials and the local health department said they’re monitoring cases but don’t yet see a need to move to online-only instruction. The student group released demands and posted signs across campus on Monday. Trump Defends Kenosha Shooting Suspect By Alana Wise • 21 hours ago President Trump on Monday declined to condemn the actions of the 17-year-old suspect in the shooting of three protesters against police brutality in Kenosha, Wis., claiming, without evidence, that it appeared the gunman was acting in self-defense. Some Detroit teachers oppose reopening plan By Steve Carmody • 22 hours ago steve carmody / Some Detroit school teachers are not happy with a plan to return to the classroom this month during the COVID-19 pandemic. They took part in a car caravan protest on Monday. Last month, members of the Detroit Federation of Teacher s voted to authorize a “safety strike” if the Detroit Public Schools Community District didn’t “implement basic science-based safety protocols before schools reopen during the continuing coronavirus pandemic.” Flint's new police chief says city has seen 'lawlessness' since COVID-19 pandemic began By Doug Tribou • Sep 1, 2020 Courtesy of the City of Flint Listen Listening... / 4:50 Listen to a conversation with Flint's new police chief Terence Green. The City of Flint has a new police chief. Terence Green comes to the department after several years as chief in the Flint suburb of Mount Morris Township. Green is a Flint resident and also worked for the Genessee County Sheriff's Department for more than 20 years. Green talked to 's Morning Edition host Doug Tribou about his priorities for city’s police department. 'Do I Really Need This Much Office Space?' Pandemic Emptied Buildings, But How Long? Adam Johnson enjoys going into the office. It helps that he works in one of the nicest buildings in Midtown Manhattan: a 35-story art deco high-rise at the corner of 58th Street and Fifth Avenue, overlooking Central Park and the Plaza Hotel. Johnson's a stock picker — he writes an investment newsletter called Bullseye Brief — and, ostensibly, he shares the sixth floor with a real estate showroom and an assortment of hedge funds. They all left months ago. "I am the only person who's been coming in here since April 1st," he says. Pages 1 2 3 4 … next › last » Become a Corporate Sponsor Contact Us Now ICYMI Michael Dillon / Pilot Field 54 miles, 21 hours, 6 frie...