Nargis Rahman
Writer at Freelance
News Reporter and Anchor at WDET-FM (Detroit MI)
Reporter, producer at @wdet, Detroit’s @NPR station.
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5 days ago |
wdet.org | Nargis Rahman
The Michigan Global Talent Initiative released a report saying Michigan is on track to add 125,000 college-educated immigrants to the state’s job market as part of the state’s Sixty by 30 goal. The goal aims to have 60% of Michigan’s workforce to obtain a post-secondary degree or professional credential by 2030. Steve Tobocman, executive director at Global Detroit, says the state has added nearly 55,000 new college educated foreign born individuals, or immigrants, to the job market since 2019.
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6 days ago |
wdet.org | Nargis Rahman
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has expanded its support for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The National Institute of Justice reports that four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women have experienced domestic violence.
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6 days ago |
wdet.org | Nargis Rahman
Michigan has now moved to universal blood lead testing for children under six years old through universal testing. Lead is a naturally occurring toxin that harms children, impacting their health and development. Angela Medina, care coordination section manager at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), said children can get assistance if they have elevated blood lead levels.
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1 week ago |
wdet.org | Nargis Rahman
University of Michigan President Santa Ono says he’s leaving Ann Arbor to take the same job at the University of Florida this summer. Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Ono announced the move in an email to the U-M community Sunday night. He said it’s been an honor to lead the school, which hired him away from the University of Cincinnati in 2022.
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1 week ago |
wdet.org | Sascha Raiyn |Nargis Rahman
On this episode of Detroit Evening Report Weekends, we listen to the first story in WDET reporter Nargis Rahman’s series Shustho. The four-part series explores the barriers Bangladeshi women face in accessing high quality health care, and efforts to bridge those gaps. Michigan is home to the third largest population of Bangladeshis in the U.S., most living in the metro Detroit area.
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