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"The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History" by Ned Blackhawk.
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Created Equal: Rediscovering Indigenous American history with Ned Blackhawk

Created Equal February 12, 2024

The history of the United States is intertwined with the history of Native Americans, but it’s not always told that...

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Gongwer's Ben Solis (left) joined "MichMash" host Cheyna Roth and Gongwer's Zach Gorchow to discuss the MIRC's proposed legislative maps for metro Detroit House districts.
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MichMash: Whitmer’s proposed budget and the state’s potential legislative maps

Hernz Laguerre February 9, 2024

The Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission is taking public comment after releasing its proposed draft maps for seven metro Detroit Michigan...

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Amana Ali joins about three dozen people protesting Israel's attacks in Gaza, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024 in Dearborn, Mich. The protesters gathered hoping to be heard by members of the Biden White House who were scheduled to meet in suburban Detroit with Muslim and Arab American leaders.
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Biden aides meet with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan

Nargis Rahman February 9, 2024

Arab American leaders met with top Biden administration officials in Dearborn on Thursday to share their discontent with U.S. foreign...

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Jamiel Altaheri, deputy inspector and the commanding officer of diversity and inclusion at the New York Police Department, is set to become Hamtramck’s first Yemeni and Muslim police chief.
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Hamtramck hires first Yemeni Muslim American police chief

Nargis Rahman February 8, 2024

Hamtramck is getting a new police chief following the retirement of Anne Moise last month. Jamiel Altaheri, deputy inspector and...

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Detroit activist Tristan Taylor leads a Black Lives Matter protest in Detroit.
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Created Equal: Exploring reparations for Black Detroiters

Created Equal February 6, 2024

Many cities across the U.S. are exploring the idea of reparations, and Detroit is one of them. The city created...

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Protesters march in a pro-Palestine/Abandon Biden rally at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Jan. 31, 2024.
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Faltering relations with Arab Americans clouding President Biden’s visit to Michigan

Russ McNamara February 1, 2024

President Joe Biden is visiting Michigan on Thursday to sit down with members of the United Auto Workers union, a...

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Imam Omar Suleiman speaks at the Islamic Center of Detroit in Detroit, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden's campaign manager has traveled to Michigan, where many Arab American leaders are enraged over the administration's policy toward Israel, and found some top activists unwilling to meet.
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Detroit Evening Report: Arab American leaders refuse to meet with Biden campaign during Michigan visit

Sascha Raiyn January 29, 2024

President Joe Biden’s campaign manager traveled to Michigan on Friday and found some top Arab American activists unwilling to meet...

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Attorney for Racial Justice Project responds to report on discriminatory policing by MSP

Russ McNamara January 26, 2024

Michigan State Police troopers pull over Black and Hispanic drivers at a rate that outpaces their presence in the state,...

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"The Fist" monument to boxer Joe Louis in downtown Detroit.
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Detroit Today: What’s going on with Detroit’s Reparations Task Force?

Detroit Today January 24, 2024

About a year ago, Detroit created its Reparations Task Force to research historical discrimination and harm done against Black Detroiters...

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SCOTUS denies redistricting stay as in-person meetings get underway  

Colin Jackson January 23, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request to stop the redrawing of seven Michigan state House districts. The order...

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Detroit's skyline from Belle Isle on November 16, 2023
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Two members of Detroit Reparations Task Force resign in first meeting since August

Laura Herberg December 4, 2023

Detroit Reparations Task Force members Maurice Weeks and Executive Committee Co-Chair Lauren Hood  both announced their resignations over the weekend...

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In a still frame from video first responders use a gurney to remove an injured man from the scene of a shooting, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, in Burlington, Vt.
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Suspect in Vermont shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent pleads not guilty

Associated Press November 28, 2023

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Three college students of Palestinian descent out for a walk in Vermont were seriously injured over...

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