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Created Equal: How your debt fuels our economy 

Created Equal April 23, 2024

Debt is a paradox – it is necessary to make some big purchases possible – cars, homes – but it...

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Volkswagen automobile plant employee Kiara Hughes celebrates after employees voted to join the UAW union Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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UAW makes history by organizing a VW plant in the South, now what?

Russ McNamara April 23, 2024

Over the weekend, workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee announced the results of their vote to join the...

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Created Equal: Will the UAW break the southern anti-union stronghold?

Created Equal April 18, 2024

The United Auto Workers union is close to organizing workers in Volkswagen’s auto plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Voting began on Wednesday,...

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivered his 11th State of the City address at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
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Mayor Duggan talks NFL Draft, crime reduction and affordable housing at State of the City

Russ McNamara April 18, 2024

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan delivered his 11th State of the City address Wednesday night. Speaking at the Dexter Avenue Baptist...

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Vote to organize Volkswagen plant in Tennessee begins; UAW seeks big win in the South

Russ McNamara April 17, 2024

Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. are deciding whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The start...

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Mayor Mike Duggan shared his proposed budget plan for fiscal year 2025 with Detroit City Council at a meeting on March 7, 2024.
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The Metro: Detroit Councilman Fred Durhal shares highlights from 2025 fiscal budget

The Metro April 15, 2024

Detroit City Council approved the mayor's $2.7 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year last week. Every dollar allocated in the...

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The Metro: U-M Innovation Center in Detroit takes another step toward construction

The Metro April 9, 2024

University of Michigan’s Board of Regents approved the design for the school’s Center for Innovation, opening in Detroit in 2027. The...

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Sketchbattle JR is mentored by professional designers from General Motors and professors from the College for Creative Studies.
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The ‘Fight Club of Design’ is coming for young Detroit artists

Sascha Raiyn April 5, 2024

When Brook Banham was in graduate school at the College for Creative Studies, he had to write a plan for...

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Michigan's population has been flat for decades and is expected to begin declining by the year 2045.
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Population report shows warning for Michigan’s future

Colin Jackson April 5, 2024

Michigan’s population is expected to have about another decade of slow growth before eventually declining below current numbers by 2050....

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Created Equal: What Detroit’s credit bump says about the financial health of the city, residents 

Created Equal April 4, 2024

Detroit’s credit rating is moving up — nearly 10 years after the bankruptcy — which means government operations are normalizing...

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Kellogg’s facing backlash, boycott this month following controversial comment from CEO

Amanda LeClaire April 3, 2024

Kellogg's Company could face a national boycott beginning this week after comments made by its CEO caused a huge backlash...

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Michigan Congressman John Moolenaar named chair of special committee on Chinese Communist Party

Quinn Klinefelter April 3, 2024

One of the few issues the deeply-divided U.S. Congress agrees on is taking a hard line on China.  Now a...

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