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

Typically, Farzana Noor, a nurse practitioner at the Children’s Clinic of Michigan in Hamtramck is…

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

Pre-pandemic, most of Shelly Begum’s* time was dedicated to tending to the needs of three…

Filling Our Plates: Detroit food security innovations The people and programs that helped Detroiters survive the pandemic.

Lakisha King didn’t used to worry about how she would put dinner on the table.…

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

Story by Nina Ignaczak of Planet Detroit Lakisha King is standing in her kitchen in northwest…

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

Story by Nina Ignaczak of Planet Detroit In Marcia Spivey’s backyard in northwest Detroit, a weeping cherry tree sits right next to a raised garden bed. Spivey’s mother’s ashes are buried beneath the…

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

It’s been more than two months since Maria Estrada has been able to prepare a…

This retired hospital worker started a free food fair on her block — with food that would have otherwise gone into a landfill

Story by Nina Ignaczak of Planet Detroit Every Tuesday morning around 9 a.m., Stephen Bentley…

Baobab Fare’s long road to opening is a recipe for survival and preserving culture

It’s 3 p.m. on the day before Valentine’s Day at Baobab Fare in New Center,…

Featherstone is changing the narrative of Detroit’s immigrant-owned businesses

Over the past several years, Detroit’s dining scene has captured national attention. The opening of…

In Detroit, a bridal and dress boutique owner weathers a wedding dry season during the COVID-19 pandemic

Helping a bride-to-be find that elusive “perfect dress” requires a special matchmaking ability. So Raeshawn…