Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Detroit

Executive director @bridgedet313 | Ex- @detroitnews, @crainsdetroit | @Waynestate grad x2 | @AAJAMichigan secretary | Reach me at [email protected]

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'Confessions of a Menopausal Femme Fatale' hits streaming

3 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! As a professional storyteller and artist, Satori Shakoor has never shied away from taboo topics. The Detroit native is the founder and executive producer of storytelling platform The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers and she’s the host of “Detroit Performs Live” on Detroit PBS. But two years ago, when Shakoor was doing her one-woman comedy show at Detroit Public Theatre, she wasn’t sure how people would react.
Search warrant executed on Michigan economic development offices

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Mike Wilkinson |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office served a search warrant Wednesday at the Michigan Economic Development Corp. The warrant comes as Nessel is investigating money paid to a rocket firm and to a business incubatorA spokesperson for the MEDC called Wednesday’s action ‘unwarranted and unnecessary’Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office on Wednesday executed a search warrant at the Lansing headquarters of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, officials confirmed.
Canadian wildfire smoke may be even more toxic than usual

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Matt Simon |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for crews to access, forcing 27,000 people to evacuate. Even those nowhere near the wildfires are suffering as smoke swirls around Canada and wafts south, creating hazardous air quality all over the midwestern and eastern parts of the United States. The smoke is even reaching Europe.
Consumers Energy files $436M rate hike request

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Brian Allnutt |Planet Detroit |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Overview:Consumers Energy requests $436 million rate increase that would amount to a 13.3% hike for residential customers. The request comes at a time when federal energy assistance funding for low-income households is targeted for elimination by the Trump administration.
The immigrant impact

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Paul McDaniel |Darlene Rodriguez |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Detroit’s population grew in 2024 for the second year in a row. This is a remarkable comeback after decades of population decline in the Motor City. What explains the turnaround? One factor may be Detroit’s efforts to attract and settle immigrants. These efforts continue despite a dramatic national shift in tone toward new arrivals.
Immigration arrest of Detroit student enflames fears

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Hannah Dellinger |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Students at Western International High School in Detroit say they are fearful and angry after immigration agents detained one of their classmates last month.
Village Pride festival returns to in Indian Village, West Village

3 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Nestled on Detroit’s east side and full of historic homes, restaurants and coffee shops, the Indian Village and West Village neighborhoods have become a destination for the LGBTQ community to take up residence. Indian Village has been a long-time home to affluent LGBTQ professionals, and businesses like Marrow, The Red Hook and Two Birds are queer-owned or LGBTQ-friendly.
Detroit Public Theatre's latest play tackles school shootings

3 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

After the worst day of her life, Amanda’s world is torn upside down. The once cheerful and bubbly nine-year-old doesn’t smile much these days. She has nightmares, angry outbursts and doesn’t want to play with her beloved toys anymore – stuffed penguin Jonah, American Girl Doll Molly and trusted Diary. Even a new weighted emotional support bunny doesn’t get any love from Amanda. She calls him “Ugly.” Amanda’s bedroom is now a place of nightmares, as she processes the trauma from a school shooting.
Detroit needs a Black woman mayor

3 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Patrice Johnson |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

The world has embraced women in leadership — boldly, proudly, and without hesitation. Women hold the highest positions from Thailand to Namibia and are reshaping nations. Meanwhile, the United States — the “land of the free” — ranks 44th in female political representation. That’s not just embarrassing, it’s unacceptable. And Detroit? We’ve always been ahead of the curve. A city that leads, sets trends and creates with boldness. We are first in grit, first in hustle and first in making things happen.
Michigan’s bottle return rates keep falling. Is it time for change?

3 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Emilio Perez Ibarguen |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq

Michigan beer and pop buyers increasingly aren’t bothering to return their bottles and cans to get their deposit back, and in the process left more than $116 million dollars on the table last year. Records released this month indicate that 70.4% of 10-cent deposits put down at grocery store checkout lines were refunded in 2024. That’s the lowest percentage since the Department of Treasury started tracking deposits in 1990.