Michigan State University Launches Online Database Chronicling North-Atlantic Slave Trade
The North-Atlantic Slave Trade has made it nearly impossible for millions of people to identify their lineage and ancestors. A new program...
Created Equal: Eric Deggans On Television’s Representation Challenges
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...
Created Equal: Harriet Washington Unpacks Environmental Racism
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...
Created Equal: Jim Wallis Explores “America’s Original Sin”
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...
What Healthcare and Pandemic Response Will Look Like Under Biden
As we collectively inch closer to January and the start of the Biden administration in Washington, America is still deeply...
Vaccine Distribution Faces Big Challenges and Federal Government is Fumbling
A group of well-wishers gathered outside Pfizer’s Portage manufacturing facility this weekend to watch trucks carry out the country’s first...
Duggan Reaffirms Commitment to Ending Water Shutoffs, Responds to Skeptical Activists
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced last week that the city will extend its moratorium on water shutoffs for another two...
Created Equal: Sarah M. Broom Reflects on Home and Forgotten Places
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...
Black Labor Has Built America Through Centuries
In the ongoing reckoning over race in America, many of the conversations in this moment are forward-focused. While striving for...
Water Activists Skeptical of Duggan’s Commitment to End Water Shutoff Policy
In 2014, the United Nations called Detroit’s water shutoffs policy “contrary to human rights.” Now, six years later, Mayor Mike...
Journalist Tim Alberta Digs Into Michigan GOP Attempts to Undermine Election
President-elect Joe Biden won Michigan’s 16 Electoral College votes by more than 150,000 votes. That’s a fact, which has held...
Created Equal: Carol Anderson on the Lasting Implications of White Rage
Season Three of the podcast Created Equal explores “Writers on Race: From Ralph Ellison to Colson Whitehead,” and features some of the most...