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The SOS Maternity program looks to tackle maternal and infant mortality from multiple angles, both medical and structural.

Today, a conversation with Kate Wells about Flint’s groundbreaking child health and welfare program, and the gained interest for a possible Upper Peninsula expansion.

Today, Kalamazoo’s community partners come together to boost child welfare with a cash prescription. Also, a new buddy comedy in which an improv theater becomes roommates with a craft brewpub…. And hijinks ensue. We’ll meet the founders of "hear.say brewing + theater", the new spot in Southeast Michigan.

Michigan is the only state that still has a broad criminal ban on surrogacy, but that could change as soon as later today.

A new free-standing birthing center is expected to open its doors in April of 2024. Led by midwives, Birth Detroit aims to provide a safe and culturally relevant “full care experience from period to period” for expecting families.

Today, an analysis of Tuesday's primary election results, the details of a forthcoming, Black-led and woman-led birth center, and the story of a critical civil rights leader in Detroit.

New information about lowering crime statistics in Detroit, services for migrants nearing limit, and conversations with Michigan authors.

Some important financial news for Flint mothers. Then, the first nationally syndicated Black female cartoonist talks about her book tour. An update on a rare Michigan bird. Finally, some advice from Zak Rosen and friends.

Slate podcast producer Cheyna Roth and her husband joyously welcomed their first child after using in-vitro fertilization. But no one prepared them for the possibility that the treatment might not work again. After nearly a decade of isolating, unsuccessful attempts, Roth connected with other women experiencing the same thing, and she channeled their stories into an award-winning podcast episode.