Wayne State Houses New National Police De-Escalation Training Center
America is in the midst of a nationwide reckoning with police brutality and other injustices that have been carried out...
Wayne State Houses New National Police De-Escalation Training Center
America is in the midst of a nationwide reckoning with police brutality and other injustices that have been carried out...
Supreme Court Guarantees LGBTQ Workplace Protections Under Civil Rights Act
In a case that has roots in Metro Detroit, the U.S. Supreme Court finds that people cannot be fired due to...
Defund Police? Detroit Commissioners Have Other Things To Discuss
Detroit’s Board of Police Commissioners addressed calls to "defund the police" during a meeting held on ZOOM video-conference. “To my colleagues,...
Census Advocates Get Creative In Getting Detroit Counted
Less than 50 percent of Detroit’s residents have responded to the Census. That means the city is at risk of...
Former Obama Justice Official: Police Department Culture Matters
Under the Obama administration, there was a push within the Department of Justice to rethink policing. "Co-producing public safety, that...
White People: Learn How To Become Better Allies
While interracial solidarity is crucial to progress, there’s a nuance and tradition of white supremacy so interwoven into the fabric...
Angry? Venting is Not the Answer, Says Aggression Expert
When we think about social and civic movements throughout history, anger is at the root cause of action. "One thing about...
Remembering Corey Hall, Detroit Film Critic and Personality, Dead at 43
Corey Hall, the witty yet thoughtful film critic for the Metro Times, died over the weekend at the age of...
Michigan Cases Decline, But COVID-19 Hasn’t Disappeared
As businesses begin to reopen and protests around police brutality and racial injustice unfold throughout the country, many Americans are shifting...
Racism Has Always Been A Public Health Crisis
Protest movements sweeping across the country have centered on police brutality, sparking renewed conversations around systemic racism. "African Americans are...
Museums Preserve History, But During “Black Lives Matter” Protests Can Help Healing Today
Amid a global health pandemic, protests are taking place in Detroit and across the globe to combat racial injustice and...
Curating a Pandemic: The Henry Ford Wants Your Coronavirus Artifacts In Their Museum
Museums around the country are starting to think about how they’ll present the global pandemic of COVID-19 to future generations. ...