On pain, suffering and honoring our ancestors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZw0jO8pNxU This story was told at the Detroit Moth GrandSLAM on Dec. 19, 2024. The Theme was “dealbreakers.”
On prom, screwdrivers and broken hearts…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwRZ7-6Qj4o This story won the Detroit Moth StorySLAM on February 1, 2024. The theme was Love Hurts
On tattoos, illness and the purpose of life…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBrVB_spMZw Detroit Moth GrandSLAM, December, 2023Theme: Fight or Flight Senate Theatre, Detroit, Michigan
If you’re wrongfully suspended or expelled, you may not have a say
Erin discusses student rights in school punishment with Stay Tuned, NBC’s Snap Chat channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rueq0uUnD10
Read more… If you’re wrongfully suspended or expelled, you may not have a say
In states with few legal protections, students say they’ve been unfairly punished at school
Students facing suspension and expulsion are granted vastly different rights depending on where they live, an NBC News investigation found.
On loss, hoarding, and an ugly naked painting…
Detroit Moth StorySLAM, April 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gEZkctReo0 Theme: Clean
A search for family, history and connection…
Detroit Moth StorySLAM, March, 2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FM3DlR2pqk&t=6s Theme: Stakes
The state took children from their parents — then failed to give them a ‘real’ education
Foster youth in Michigan say the classes they took in state-funded facilities didn’t count toward graduation. Some dropped out. “I felt destroyed,” one said, “like everything I did was for nothing.” Read the original July 2022 story here … Erin discussed the story on NBC News. Watch here Follow ups: Michigan’s governor signs law to…
Read more… The state took children from their parents — then failed to give them a ‘real’ education
Youth under Michigan foster care claim they did not receive ‘real’ education
Erin discusses her story on Michigan foster youth deprived of a chance to earn a high school diploma. Watch here
Read more… Youth under Michigan foster care claim they did not receive ‘real’ education
‘No light. No nothing.’ Inside Louisiana’s harshest juvenile lockup
Teens at the Acadiana Center for Youth at St. Martinville were held in solitary confinement around the clock, shackled with leg irons and deprived of an education. Read more…
Read more… ‘No light. No nothing.’ Inside Louisiana’s harshest juvenile lockup
How Detroit’s ‘Fake Landlord’ Scam Is Forcing People Out of Their Homes
Detroit Today’s Stephen Henderson talks to Erin Einhorn about an NBC News/Outlier Media investigation that found as many as 1 in 10 tenants facing eviction in Detroit are in that situation because of the fake landlord scam. Listen here. Read the story here.
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Detroit’s fake landlord scam
Michigan Radio’s Stateside explores how fake property owners in Detroit are taking payments for home they do not own. Listen here (around 12 minutes in). Read the story here.
The ‘fake landlord’ scam destroys lives in Detroit. But culprits rarely face consequences.
As many as 1 in 10 tenants facing eviction in Detroit say they’ve been duped by con artists who’ve sold or rented out houses they didn’t own.
A symbol of racial racial divide
Erin discusses the legacy of Detroit’s Birwood wall on Detroit Public TV’s One Detroit. https://youtu.be/WkLWlxN1Zbw
Into America Podcast: 8 Mile 4 Life
Their lives were shaped by segregation and the Birwood Wall. Listen here. Read the story here.
Built to keep Black from white
Erin and co-reporter Olivia Lewis discuss the enduring impact of segregation in Detroit. Listen here. Read the story here.
How Detroit’s Birwood Wall still divides
Journalists Erin Einhorn and Olivia Lewis join WDET’s Detroit Today to discuss how a remnant of the redlining era continues to function for its original intention. Listen here. Read the story here.
Built to keep Black from white
Eighty years after a segregation wall rose in Detroit, America remains divided. That’s not an accident. Read more…
Schools are now using online learning as a punishment
Erin discusses the issue with NBC News Now Watch here
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Schools are sending kids to virtual classes as punishment. Advocates say that could violate their rights.
“This is the new face of denial of access to public education,” one advocate said. “Now it’s just easier and covered under the guise of Covid protection.” Read more…
MSNBC on the stress of remote school
Erin discusses the stress of remote school on MSNBC. Watch and read the story here
Covid is having a devastating impact on children — and the vaccine won’t fix everything
“We’re going to almost need a New Deal for an entire generation of kids to give them the opportunity to catch up,” one advocate said. Read more…
Read more… Covid is having a devastating impact on children — and the vaccine won’t fix everything
3 families chose between online and in-person school. Now they’re questioning their decisions.
“My patience for home-schooling has left the building,” one exasperated parent said as she implored her children’s school to let her kids return to class. Read more…
After botching past elections, Detroit aims to avoid a ‘black eye’ in November
Detroit is recruiting and training thousands of election workers in hopes of getting it right — and ensuring every vote counts — when the presidency is at stake. Read more…
Read more… After botching past elections, Detroit aims to avoid a ‘black eye’ in November
The hunt for Michigan’s lost Democrats: Can Biden lure them back?
Donald Trump won Michigan in 2016 with help from Democratic voters who backed him or didn’t vote. Joe Biden will need their support to carry the state. Read more…
Read more… The hunt for Michigan’s lost Democrats: Can Biden lure them back?
Discussing pandemic school reopening on DPTV
Erin talks about school reopening during the Covid-19 pandemic with Wall Street Journal reporter Chastity Pratt and One Detroit host Stephen Henderson. Watch here
Flashpoint discussion on pandemic school reopening
In this appearance on Flashpoint on Detroit’s WDIV, Erin discusses reopening schools during the Covid-19 pandemic. Watch (segment 2) here
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When coronavirus closed schools, some Detroit students went missing from class. These educators had to find them.
“We’re relentless,” one school principal said. “I need to make sure my kids are getting the education they deserve.” Read more…
Thousands fled for their lives when two Michigan dams collapsed. More disasters are coming, experts say.
Aging dams around the country weren’t built for today’s weather. Without a major investment in repairs, thousands of people’s homes — and lives — could be in danger. Read more…
Detroit, still clawing back from financial crisis, reels as coronavirus claims lives
“It seems like one after another after another, and it’s just hitting close to home,” one city leader said. Read more…
Read more… Detroit, still clawing back from financial crisis, reels as coronavirus claims lives
Reset: Online learning
The biggest experiment in online learning, ever COVID-19 has shut schools all over the country, and millions of American students are now learning at home, online. Host Arielle Duhaime-Ross talks to NBC News national reporter Erin Einhorn about whether online tools enough to make up for lost classroom time? Listen here.
Into America podcast: Into the future of Lordstown, Ohio
Into the future of Lordstown, Ohio: An Ohio car town faces the challenges of a changing economy. Host Trymaine Lee talks with National Digital Reporter Erin Einhorn about her reporting in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley, why voters in the area are divided on their pick for 2020, and how the local community is working to carve…
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Parents pay thousands for ‘brain training’ to help kids with ADHD and autism. But does it work?
Some families say they’ve seen transformative benefits from programs that claim to rewire the brain. But many researchers say the evidence is thin. Read more…
Kicking kids out of preschool is damaging, experts say. So why is it still happening?
Despite laws cracking down on preschool expulsions, thousands of young children a year are put out of school. Read more…
Read more… Kicking kids out of preschool is damaging, experts say. So why is it still happening?