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23 hours ago | bridgedetroit.com | Hannah Dellinger |Christine Ferretti

This story first appeared in Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Proposed cuts to federal funding for local libraries could end essential services for Michigan students particularly in rural and impoverished communities, according to state officials.

1 day ago | bridgedetroit.com | Christine Ferretti

Housing, immigrant rights, voter apathy and thoughtful community revitalization were among the topics discussed during a Monday night candidate forum in northwest Detroit. Detroit City Council Pro Tem and District 1 representative James Tate appeared at Artist Village Detroit alongside at-large City Council hopefuls Levan Adams and Valerie Parker for a BridgeDetroit “Meet the Candidates” event.

2 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

Sharon Kelso tries to do everything she can to help Detroit families navigate the often confusing and complicated world of special education. The advocate is frequently on the phone, listening to parents complain that their child has yet to receive an individualized education program, or IEP, a plan that spells out what services and accommodations students with disabilities should receive, as required by federal law.

2 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! I recently spoke with John Conyers III, the son of late Detroit congressman John Conyers Jr., about his first book, “My Father’s House,” which comes out Tuesday at major bookstores and retailers. In the book, Conyers III gives an inside look at the complicated relationship he had with his “Pop,” who closed out his historic career with a 2017 resignation from Congress amid allegations of sexual harassment.

2 days ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

A year after his father’s 2019 death, John Conyers III decided to take on a project his dad didn’t have the opportunity to finish. As the longest-serving Black member of Congress, John Conyers Jr. spent his career as a champion for civil and human rights. Before his death at 90, the elder Conyers spent decades chipping away at interviews in preparation for a book on his life.