As teachers go online, internet access shapes academic performance of Michigan students
By ZHOLDAS ORISBAYEV Capital News Service LANSING — As the pandemic forces more students online, the lack of affordable broadband internet could cause the lower performance of rural Michigan schoolchildren. [The analysis was published in Lansing CityPULSE] “Students without internet access and low digital skills…
Bills aim to reduce license suspensions for low-income drivers
By ZHOLDAS ORISBAYEV Capital News Service LANSING – The threat of losing your driver’s license for offenses unrelated to dangerous driving would be eliminated under bills pushed by advocates for low-income Michigan residents. [The analysis was published in Lansing CityPULSE] Three out of four Michiganders…
Half a million Michiganders might be at risk of eviction by the end of year
By ZHOLDAS ORISBAYEV Capital News Service LANSING — Half a million Michigan families could risk eviction by the end of the year without financial help from the federal government, housing advocates say. [The analysis was published in Hillsdale Daily News] One in every five Michigan…
How COVID-19 impacting Lansing area
We talked to several people who lost their jobs or shortened revenues but still trying to go through in their best. Keith Henry, a beer distributor in the Lansing area, says her family business still considered an essential business, and their operations are ongoing. “Our…
Kazakh government starts massively to arrest political opponents and its critics
On April 17th, several political and public activists were detained by claimed charges of “the violation of the state of emergency” and “spreading the disinformation in the period of the state of emergency.” Experts say that the Kazakh government is using the quarantine to lock…
A Kazakh citizen has tricked 34 of his own compatriots out of $441,400 in the US
The journalist of Informburo.kz conducted an investigation about the scam artist, who tricked his own compatriots out of money, abusing his position of trust as a friend. Two months ago, Bekbolat (the name was changed upon request of the hero), who studied in New York…
East Lansing Asian restaurant copes with pandemic, discrimination
Ginny and Danny Cheung say their East Cafe has received seven phone calls from someone targeting their Asian restaurant because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But the Cheungs add they’re more concerned about people staying safe from COVID-19 than with a person they characterize as…
Michigan Democrats work to turn state blue in presidential race
When Donald Trump won Michigan in the 2016 presidential election, Carol Bleau decided it was time to get involved locally in politics. Bleau is among the county Democratic Party officials in Michigan working to keep the state from voting red again this year. “Our county…
Racial segregation led to systematic failures in Detroit, experts say
Many experts believe that major damage to Detroit’s decline made corruption. Some of them cite racial segregation and upraising violence in the city. But there were other systematic failures in the economic diversification of motor city. Ken Coleman, an essayist and one of the authors…