We Cannot Achieve Housing Equity Without Accessibility
ID: Dessa with long blond hair, a black t-shirt and green earrings sitting in her wheel chair in front of a brick wall painted with a...
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- Sep 11
- 1 min
200 residents call for rent control at Michigan Capitol rally
ID: Detroit Action Renters and Tenant Organizer Tenesa “Ms. Tea” Sanders speaks at a “The Rent is Too Damn High” rally at the Michigan...
- Sep 11
- 1 min
Advocates call for better accessibility at polling locations
ID: "Vote here" sign sits in a dark and moody hallway. Accessibility challenges lead to stories about voters going to the polls and...
- Sep 11
- 1 min
Poll Accessibility Could Mean 60 Million More Voters
ID: An accessible parking sign sits in front of a scenic background of clouds and trees. (PondShots/Adobe Stock) In Michigan and across...
- Sep 11
- 1 min
Column: Breaking down barriers to voting for people with disabilities
ID: A "vote here" and "access" sign shown on a patch of grass. ( Daniella Heminghaus/for States Newsroom) During the Nov. 8, 2022,...
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Report shows barriers to voting for Detroiters with a disability
ID: A Detroit polling location on the city’s eastside was photographed on Aug. 2, 2022. (BridgeDetroit photo by Malachi Barrett) A new...
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Detroit Disability Power Moving to ‘Most Accessible Building in City’
July 6, 2023 ID: An illustration of the Love Building, the most accessible build in Detroit. Detroit Disability Power, a social change...
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Report finds accessibility lacking for Metro Detroit voters with disabilities
July 20 , 2023 ID: A line of voting booths with one person standing behind one as they cast their vote. In other cases, the voting booths...
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Dessa Cosma recognized as Disability Pride Month Game Changers honoree
ID: Dessa in a black t-shirt and jeans, sitting in front of a red and pink brick wall. Next to the image of Dessa is a graphic that says...
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Boggs School to build universally-accessible Boggs Park in Islandview neighborhood
The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, a place-based community school named for the renowned Detroit activists, has partnered with the...
- Jun 5
- 1 min
M-1 Rail to replace upside-down braille signs on QLine following complaints
ID: The signs at the QLine stops are written in braille and English that appears inverted. In 2022 Metro Times met with Detroit...
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Metro Detroit transit systems are suffering from driver shortages. Is raising wages the answer?
ID: A clip of the Detroit News Article, titled "Metro Detroit transit sistems are suffering from driver shortages. Is raising wages the...
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Reimagining Government: A More Equitable Government
ID: Five people posing. Text reads "Reimagining Government. A more equitable government." Does your city have a central place for...
- Jan 20
- 1 min
Upside-down braille signs on the QLine cause complaints
But some blind and visually impaired people say there’s good reason for the apparent mistake ID: A train at o train stop with a building...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Caregivers of seniors and people with disabilities say they need more support, funding.
ID: A fem-presenting person in a pink shirt and blue-jeans sits in a chair and is assisting a masc-presenting person sitting in...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit plans a ‘sandbox’ for mobility companies. Will residents benefit?
ID: Construction crews continue work to redevelop the abandoned Michigan Central train station into a new Ford office and research campus...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
Disabled People Can Be Productive Workers, But That Shouldn’t Determine Our Worth
ID: A masculine-presenting person and two fem presenting people sit at a table in an office setting. An exposed brick wall is in the...
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit City Council has 1 day to vote on transportation contract
ID: Richard Clay is pictured in his Detroit home, he is a blind and relies on paratransit services to pick him up from his home to take...
- Dec 5, 2022
- 1 min
Detroit disability advocates on city's plan to cut paratransit: "They can't do that"
ID: A wheelchair user wearing a grey button down and jeans and is pictured looking a their phone. Dessa Cosma, executive director of...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 1 min
Council agrees with disability advocates to ‘slow down’ transit pilots
ID: An electric scooter is pictured on the curb on Michigan Avenue in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. Representatives with Detroit...
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