Etai Smotrich-Barr
Stateside Production AssistantEtai Smotrich-Barr is a Stateside intern. He is currently a senior at Yale University, majoring in American Studies. At Yale, he is an investigative reporter for the Yale Daily News and previously served as a senior editor for The New Journal. Etai is a proud product of the Ann Arbor Public Schools system. He enjoys playing jazz piano and drums, and is seeking advice for raising plants.
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Mackinac Island is celebrating 150 years since it was designated the country’s second-ever national park. Stateside spoke with the chief curator at Mackinac State Historic Parks, Craig Wilson, about early life and conflict on Mackinac Island, the tourism boom, and the little-known history of Mackinac’s brief time as a national park. -
Nina Simone, one of the most arresting voices in 20th century music, is one of those people who are just impossible to capture in one dimension. That’s why scholar and poet Shonda Buchanan blended poetry, memoir, and historical reflection for her book, The Lost Songs of Nina Simone. -
Detroit student Maykol Bogoya-Duarte was driving with three other students to join a field trip when he was pulled over by Rockwood police. Now Bogoya-Duarte, who was just 3.5 credits away from earning his high school diploma, is being held by ICE in a correctional facility in the Upper Peninsula.
