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Michigan shows up to proclaim No Kings

Russ McNamara, Quinn Klinefelter, Amanda LeClaire, Colin Jackson June 16, 2025

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Detroit attorney Todd Perkins formally announced his campaign for mayor on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at the Considine Little Rock Recreation Center in Detroit's North End neighborhood.
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The Metro: Meet Todd Perkins: Attorney, advocate, and Detroit mayoral hopeful

Nadia Zyiad June 16, 2025
Jerome Vaughn at the Mackinac Policy conference sit down for an interview.
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Mackinac Policy Conference: Victory on roads

Jerome Vaughn June 14, 2025
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Watch Live: Biden Remarks On COVID-19 Deaths

NPR February 22, 2021

President Biden is giving an address honoring the victims of the coronavirus pandemic as the country nears 500,000 deaths from...

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  • Community & Quality of Life
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  • CultureShift

Black Hockey Players Take Center Ice In “Soul On Ice” Documentary

Ryan Patrick Hooper February 22, 2021

Growing up as a Black kid in Toronto in the late 1970s, documentary filmmaker Damon Kwame Mason didn’t see a...

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COVID Relief Delay at State Capitol Hurting Michigan Schools, Vaccine Efforts

Cheyna Roth, Jake Neher February 22, 2021

More than $5 billion in federal money for COVID relief for Michigan is in limbo as lawmakers at the state...

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Smart Phone iPhone Devices Technology 12/13/2019
  • Community & Quality of Life
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • Racial Attitudes

New Digital Democratic Processes Could Hinder Activists From Speaking Out When It Matters Most

Detroit Today, Clare Brennan February 22, 2021

The pandemic has fundamentally changed how we interact with one another, our work and our elected officials. Many public bodies are...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Education

Organizational Psychologist’s New Book Explores Power of Rethinking What We Think We Know

Detroit Today, Clare Brennan February 22, 2021

Americans are more divided and polarized than ever before. Calls for unity have intensified as the Biden administration takes office,...

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  • Culture & Music
  • Progressive Underground

Exploring the Soul and Rock Genius of RES

Chris Campbell February 19, 2021

Classically-trained Philly-native RES grew up on sound stylings of Gamble and Huff, Bobby Womack and Teddy Pendergrass. After graduating from Temple University,...

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  • Jobs & the Economy

How an Auto Workers’ Strike In Flint Nearly a Century Ago Changed the Country

Amanda LeClaire February 19, 2021

Beacon Press One of the biggest victories for workers' rights in the United States happened during one bitterly cold winter in...

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Cass Tech Election 5 DET
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Elections
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • Racial Attitudes

2020 Election Conspiracy Theories Echo Centuries-Old Resistance to Black Voting

Detroit Today February 19, 2021

The Atlantic has a new project called ‘Inheritance', a multi-part initiative exploring the legacy and experiences of Black Americans that history has...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Environment
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • Public Safety

What the Texas Power Grid Failure Can Teach Us About Utility Regulation

Detroit Today February 18, 2021

Amid a week of record-breaking frigid temperatures in the southern part of the United States, more than four million Texans are...

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Whitmer 02/17/21
  • All Things Considered
  • Coronavirus in Michigan
  • News
  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan’s Standstill Over Federal COVID Relief Funds Continues

Russ McNamara February 17, 2021

It’s been a month since Governor Gretchen Whitmer released her COVID relief plan that would use over $5 billion dollars...

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Khaldun 02/17
  • All Things Considered
  • News

COVID Cases Dropping, But Variants Still a Concern

Russ McNamara February 17, 2021

The state of Michigan's COVID-19 case rates are down to 113 cases per million – an 85% drop since a...

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Riverside Station -- Google Street View
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  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift

A New Outdoor Concert Venue Arrives in Downtown Detroit This Spring

Ryan Patrick Hooper February 17, 2021

A new outdoor concert venue is landing in downtown Detroit starting this spring. The socially-distanced design of the space is...

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