Michelle Jokisch Polo
Stateside Producer at Michigan Public
latinx stories reporter at Michigan's NPR station @wkar • 🇪🇨 🇸🇻 • periodista bilingue • immigrant • email me: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Last week, the Michigan Supreme Court held a hearing on a case involving a divorced couple who could not agree on what should happen to their remaining embryo. The case in question involves Sarah and David Markiewicz, who turned to egg donation from Sarah’s sister and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to have children.
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2 weeks ago |
radio.wcmu.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Three years ago today Patrick Lyoya was driving on the southeast side of Grand Rapids when a city police officer stopped him. The traffic stop quickly escalated into a struggle, culminating in former Grand Rapids Police Department officer Christopher Schurr shooting and killing Lyoya. Schurr was charged with second degree murder and fired from his job. After years of appeals, his criminal case is expected to begin later this month in Kent County.
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3 weeks ago |
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Three years ago today Patrick Lyoya was driving on the southeast side of Grand Rapids when a city police officer stopped him. The traffic stop quickly escalated into a struggle, culminating in former Grand Rapids Police Department officer Christopher Schurr shooting and killing Lyoya. Schurr was charged with second degree murder and fired from his job. After years of appeals, his criminal case is expected to begin later this month in Kent County.
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1 month ago |
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Political prisoner and activist Ericka Huggins is one of the longest serving women of the Black Panther Party, having spent 14 years organizing on behalf of the group.
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1 month ago |
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Michigan House Republicans recently approved a new rule aimed at discouraging sanctuary cities. There's no clear legal definition for what constitutes a sanctuary city. But generally it’s used when a city has made some statement or enacted rules that limit cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—or ICE. For some cities, the idea behind these types of policies is to help local police get cooperation from witnesses and victims of crime, regardless of immigration status.
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