Before the pandemic, shared workspaces were becoming the new normal, catering to independent writers, entrepreneurs,…
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 pandemicÂ
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 Detroit, wielding a spatula and channeling southern-style YouTube cooking sensation Danni Rose, also known as StoveTop Kisses.…
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…
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…