On Hand

This week, the mother of the shooter in the Oxford High School mass shooting was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Stateside spoke with Aubrey Greenfield, a survivor of the Oxford shooting and a gun violence prevention activist, about what this verdict means to her and members of her community. We also spoke with Nick Suplina, senior vice president for law and policy at Everytown for Gun Safety, about how this verdict could impact American perspectives on gun violence prevention. 

GUESTS: 

Aubrey Greenfield, University of Michigan student; gun violence prevention activist

Nick Suplina, senior vice president for Law and Policy at Everytown for Gun Safety

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This week, an Oakland County jury convicted Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Oxford school shooter, on four charges of involuntary manslaughter. This case is extremely unique in the national landscape. Over the next couple days we’ll explain why.

GUEST:

Eve Brensike Primus,  Yale Kamisar Collegiate professor of law at the University of Michigan

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This winter we're seeing rate hikes for DTE Energy customers. So why are rates up and why might your energy bill get even higher? Plus, we also get into what people are doing in response to these rate changes.

GUEST:

Sarah Alvarez, director of Outlier Media

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The pace and patience of fiber arts is learned through mentorship. Williamsburg-based fiber artist Nancy McRay talks about how Northern Michigan provides the perfect backdrop for her practice - as an artist and teacher - at the loom.

GUEST:

Nancy McRay, fiber artist

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The National Parks Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program produced a new video series called “Questioning Conversations.” Through candid dialogue between academics and artists, the series examines the Underground Railroad’s history and its reverberating impact. 

GUEST:

Anna Lisa Cox, nonresident fellow with the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University,

Anthony Feimster Jr, musician

Joshua Harris, video artist

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For the first time ever, Michigan is going to have a primary vote on candidates for president about a month earlier than we usually do. Voters can also vote early and in person before election day. Today, we’re talking with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson about the primaries, and what voters in Michigan need to know this February.

GUEST:

Jocelyn Benson, Michigan's Secretary of State 

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This week we learned that six staffers have been fired from the Wayne County juvenile jail for failing to ensure the safety of a 12-year-old child, who was sexually allegedly assaulted in March of 2023. But there are now new investigations into other incidents of alleged assault, unsanitary conditions, and other medical care violations.

GUEST:

Christine MacDonald, investigative editor for the Detroit Free Press

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Ann Arbor's dioxane problem from the Gelman Science contamination is in line to get federal help. The EPA announced that the Gelman contaminated site is a candidate for the National Priorities List, which means it’s eligible to become a Superfund site. 

GUESTS:

Brian Steglitz, public services area administrator for the City of Ann Arbor

Bill Shuster, professor and chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Wayne State University

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“Come and Get It” is New York Times bestselling author Kiley Reid’s latest book set to the backdrop of dormitory life. But it’s not all dingy shower stalls and stained walls. “Come and Get It” tackles big questions around race and class on a college campus.

GUEST:

Kiley Reid, author and assistant professor at the University of Michigan

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Last week, Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud and other leaders declined an invitation to meet with Biden’s re-election campaign officials. Today, we’re talking with mayor Hammoud about the Dearborn voting bloc; what’s changed, what hasn’t, and what he hopes for the future.

GUEST:

Abdullah Hammoud,  mayor of Dearborn, Michigan

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