Chastity Pratt

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Gregg Ward is a nice guy with a lousy view. His family business overlooks Detroit’s hell on earth : the hulking, pitch-black U.S. Steel plant on Zug Island

Bridge Magazine Reporter Chastity Pratt Dawsey says Juarez describes the deportation as a “shock to her soul.”

On Monday, June 12, dozens gathered outside the Mother of God Chaldean Catholic Church in Southfield to protest a recent wave of ICE raids that targeted,

It was a traumatic, emotional weekend for the Chaldean community of Metro Detroit. Chaldeans are a Christian minority from the Middle East, mostly from

Maria Garcia Juarez wandered around the international arrivals area at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday, frantically looking for a government

Michigan uses a for-profit company that’s been accused in the death, injury and abuse of prisoners, while other prisoners have escaped. State prison officials don’t want to talk about it.

To reduce injuries, deaths, escapes and lawsuits involving for-profit prison transport companies, state prison officials could consider these recommendations.

More than 152,000 students in metro Detroit attend class in a district or charter other than the district where they live. As minorities move into some

When the high school in Eastpointe recently welcomed the football team from Lakeview High, it was a homecoming of sorts. That’s because nearly 700 students

Blake Prewitt, superintendent of Ferndale Public Schools, said the district’s decision this year to merge a majority white elementary school with one that is majority black is “what’s best for kids.“The Center for Michigan | Bridge Magazine  By Chastity Pratt...

Bertie Marble died March 20, 2015 during her second admission at McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint. Her medical records list healthcare-associated pneumonia.The Center for Michigan | Bridge Magazine  Short of breath, and suffering from chest pains, Bertie Marble was...

K.I. SAWYER AIR FORCE BASE - Driving through parts of the K.I. Sawyer community 30 minutes south of Marquette can startle even a jaded city dweller. A rural two-lane highway rimmed by hearty evergreens and far-flung quaint towns spills into...

Her graduates can’t pass the ACT, but at least the former city attorney is making $130,000 a year

For third- and fourth-graders with limited reading skills, a teacher must take creative measures to make lessons stick.

Four-in-10 Michigan families can’t afford life’s basics, according to a report by the United Way. The report contends that helping struggling workers will ultimately benefit the state as a whole.

Could Michigan’s coast tracing the Mitten and Upper Peninsula be the centerpiece of a Great Lakes walking trail? At more than 10,000 miles, a proposed Great Lakes trail would be the world’s longest.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Education Center Academy is a State Champ by paying close attention to improving teaching practices.

Traverse City Optometrist Steven Ingersoll’s federal trial is the largest ever related to a Michigan charter school, and has renewed calls for more financial accountability in Michigan’s mostly for-profit charter school industry

Charters in the Bay State are fulfilling the promise of bringing innovation and performance to public education. The state keeps a tight rein on who can open charters and sets high a standards for schools to remain open.