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Today on Stateside, Michigan’s Supreme Court declines to extend deadlines for redrawing legislative boundaries. Also, one union pushes back on Trinity Health vaccine policy. Plus, how some Michigan college athletes flex the earning potential of their names, images and likeness. And, how the Detroit Public Theatre leveraged the pandemic year to find a new home, and set the stage for a new future. Listen to the full show above or find individual interviews below. [Get Stateside on your phone: subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts today.] Michigan Supreme Court declines to extend deadlines for redrawing legislative boundaries Listen ....
Credit Matthileo / Flickr - http://j.mp/1SPGCl0 The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has created a new task force with the goal of preventing and eliminating systemic racism in the state s child protection system. Department officials say the substantial overrepresentation of children of color in the system demands what they call a fundamental system change. According to MDHHS, children who are Black make up 29% of the state s foster care population while only 16% of children in Michigan are Black. Children of color comprise 51% of the state s foster care population while representing only 31% of children in Michigan. As well intentioned as we are, our current system perpetuates injustices and keeps us from meeting our core values, said JooYeun Chang, executive director of MDHHS s Children s Services Agency in a press release. This is primarily driven by systemic issues and we must therefore acknowledge and then address systemic racism and b ....