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This mural, painted by Detroit-based artist Jesse Kassel, was one of eight painted across Michigan during the 2020 election to encourage people to vote.
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Michigan special elections: What metro Detroiters should know before May 6

Jenny Sherman May 2, 2025
Stacey Hotwaxx Hale performs a DJ set at WDET
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Respect the Architect: Stacey ‘Hotwaxx’ Hale

Waajeed May 1, 2025

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Inside Shed 5 at Eastern Market
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The Metro Events Guide: Mother’s Day markets, May the fourth and more

Sophia Jozwiak May 1, 2025
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Detroit Evening Report: Nonprofit offering summer safety tips for Safe Kids Month

Bre'Anna Tinsley May 1, 2025
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Detroit Today: Will Detroit’s casinos bet on their workers?

Detroit Today October 3, 2023

On Friday, 99% of union workers from Detroit’s three casinos — MGM Grand Detroit, Hollywood Casino at Greektown and MotorCity...

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Detroit Evening Report: Census Bureau publishes data on new ‘MENA’ category

Nargis Rahman October 2, 2023

The U.S. Census Bureau recently published the Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File A (Detailed DHC-A), which included information about...

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Auto workers picket outside Ford's assembly plant on Sept. 15, 2023, in Wayne, Mich.
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Detroit Today: A conservative perspective on the UAW strikes

Detroit Today October 2, 2023

With the United Auto Workers union demanding major concessions from Detroit's Big Three automakers and the UAW approaching week three...

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Detroit Today: How are auto suppliers doing amid UAW strikes?

Detroit Today October 2, 2023

It’s now been more than two weeks since the United Auto Workers went on strike against Detroit automakers Stellantis, General...

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Lydia Gutierrez (left), president of Hacienda Mexican Foods, at Donut Villa with Jeanette Pierce of the City Institute.
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Take a tour of Southwest Detroit for National Hispanic Heritage Month

Nargis Rahman October 2, 2023

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) the City Institute is hosting guided tours in Southwest Detroit...

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Don Was Reflects on 40th anniversary of the Was (Not Was) album ‘Born to Laugh at Tornadoes’

Ann Delisi October 1, 2023

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Born to Laugh at Tornadoes, the second studio album from legendary Detroit band Was...

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A transgender flag being waved at LGBT gay pride march
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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Supreme Court rules judges must use preferred pronouns

Sascha Raiyn September 29, 2023

The Michigan Supreme Court has adopted a new rule that will require judges and court personnel to address people who...

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From left, relatives of Sarah Evans and Detroit Deputy Mayor Todd Jettison view a 7-foot-tall granite monument commemorating Evans and her friend, Viola Liuzzo on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 at Viola Liuzzo Park in Detroit. Liuzzo was a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights March.
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Detroit Today: The meaning behind monuments in America

Detroit Today September 29, 2023

This week, a 7-foot monument honoring Viola Liuzzo – a local mother and activist killed by KKK members for marching...

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Striking workers picket near a Mopar Parts Distribution Center in Center Line, Michigan.
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UAW strike expands again, impacting 7,000 more workers

Russ McNamara September 29, 2023

The United Auto Workers strike against Detroit automakers has expanded once again to include two more plants, UAW President Shawn...

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Ethan Crumbley sits in court, Friday, July 28, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich.
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Judge rules Oxford school shooter Ethan Crumbley eligible for life sentence, despite age

Quinn Klinefelter September 29, 2023

Sometimes a crime is so heinous, and its effect on a community so traumatic, that the person responsible should face...

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90

Associated Press September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992...

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FILE - Former Detroit police chief James Craig.
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Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP primary for US Senate in Michigan, sources tell AP

Associated Press September 29, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was a leading GOP candidate for governor last year...

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