Coronavirus in Detroit

Pope Francis Center provides lifeline for those experiencing homelessness during pandemic

The Pope Francis Center offers meals, laundry and showers, with Detroit guests in need increasing to 170-200 people a day…

3 years ago

How one Bangladeshi family’s lifeline of support was disrupted by the pandemic

At 62 years old, Shelly Begum, like many other Bangladeshi women, has to balance being both caretaker for her family…

3 years ago

Tag-team approach to health care reaches older adults in Bangladeshi community during COVID-19 pandemic

How health care providers battled language barriers and other hurdles to treat and serve older patients in the Bangladeshi community.

3 years ago

Pandemic grocery store anxiety made an attorney learn how to eat from the land

Filling Our Plates: Hundreds of new home gardeners in Detroit took food sovereignty into their own hands, with the support…

3 years ago

With no stove, no car, no money for rent, a single mom found a neighborhood lifeline

Filling Our Plates: Mutual aid is getting funds to people in need in vulnerable communities like Southwest Detroit -- and…

3 years ago

Filling Our Plates: Detroit food security innovations

Filling Our Plates profiles Detroiters who faced food insecurity during the pandemic -- and the innovations they and local groups…

3 years ago

She lost her job while on maternity leave. A free online grocery store kept her family fed.

Filling Our Plates: How an innovative Detroit emergency food distribution model empowered recipients through choice.

3 years ago

Is the pandemic over for Michigan? An infectious disease expert weighs in

While the state is lifting restrictions and making progress on vaccination rates, areas like Detroit are still at risk.

3 years ago

Ask Detour: To mask or not to mask in Michigan

After the CDC dropped its bombshell guidance last week saying vaccinated folks can forgo the face covering and Michigan Gov.…

4 years ago

How women in Detroit’s Bangladeshi communities cope with mental health stigma — and fight it

For members of Detroit’s Bangladeshi and Bengali, communities, even talking about mental health can be a challenge.

4 years ago