Kalloli Bhatt

3 weeks ago | michiganpublic.org | Steve Carmody |Kalloli Bhatt

We all have bucket lists. Snorkeling in the ocean, waking to the cries of monkeys, swimming in cool waterfall ponds, eyeing crocodiles while riding whitewater rapids, watching the sun set on the Pacific Ocean, etc. About three dozen Michigan Public listeners were able to cross off those and other bucket list items during an April trip to Costa Rica, and I got to go along. We flew into Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose. A few people came in a day or two earlier.

1 month ago | michiganpublic.org | Kalloli Bhatt |Ronia Isabel Cabansag |Kate Wells

Planned Parenthood of Michigan closed four clinics this year. Kate Wells, health reporter for Michigan Public, explained why operational costs and the loss of Title X funding may be the biggest threat to abortion access. She also discussed the role telehealth services have played in changing the reproductive care landscape, particularly in rural areas.

1 month ago | michiganpublic.org | Kalloli Bhatt |Ronia Isabel Cabansag |Erin Allen

Malcolm X, a lauded and controversial leader in the Civil Rights Movement, would have turned 100 years old this year. What’s often forgotten are his roots as a Michigander, with deep ties in Lansing and Detroit. The latter is where writer and activist Herb Boyd first met Malcolm X. Boyd credits his political and educational development to the Civil Rights leader. Boyd recalled Malcolm X’s February 1965 visit to Detroit’s Ford Auditorium.

1 month ago | michiganpublic.org | Kalloli Bhatt |Mercedes Mejia |Mike Blank |April Baer

Ever feel the need to get away? Perhaps, to a galaxy far, far away? Michiganders did just that this past Saturday, May 4. Every year for two weekends a warehouse in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction neighborhood gets converted into a Star Wars universe. A small army of do-it-yourself artists, makers, and fun-seekers transform a half-block of space into, well, outer space.