Michelle Jokisch Polo
Bilingual Latinx Stories Reporter, WKARAs WKAR's Bilingual Latinx Stories Reporter, Michelle reports in both English and Spanish on stories affecting Michigan's Latinx community. Michelle is also the voice of WKAR's weekend news programs.
Michelle joined WKAR in August 2020.
Before joining WKAR, Michelle was the inclusion reporter at WGVU Public Media, covering stories of people at the intersections of racial justice immigration reform, criminal justice system reform, reproductive justice and trans and queer liberation. Michelle began her career as a journalist as the head reporter at El Vocero Hispano, the largest Hispanic newspaper in Michigan.
Michelle has a master's degree from Grand Valley State University and a bachelor's degree from Calvin University.
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Two Greater Lansing Starbucks stores voted to unionize Thursday. It’s part of a growing wave of workers organizing at the coffee chain.
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The three farmworkers allege they were regularly exposed to dangerous pesticides while working at a Mastronardi Produce-USA greenhouse in Coldwater.
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Spanish and Swahili dictionaries are banned in Michigan prisons. An official says the ban is to prevent prisoners from being disruptive.
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In Michigan, and other parts of the country, some people are seeking Black doulas to assist with births.
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The state's largest cannabis recall has been partially struck down. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency’s recall includes more than $200 million in products.
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Coming soon to a snowy road near you...”Mr. Ice Guy” and “Control Salt Delete.”
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Union members at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital overwhelmingly approved strike authorization in a vote that ended Sunday.
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Ashley Medina is so busy cutting mullets for all kinds of people in her Lansing, Michigan, shop that she may have to give up other styles.
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A national survey from Michigan State University finds a third of Americans say the pandemic has affected their household’s ability to access food.
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Some of Michigan’s undocumented migrant farmworkers are travelling to the U.S. Capitol this week to advocate for a path to citizenship. That’s after a Senate official blocked immigration reforms in a budget bill.