A screenshot of the Wayne State University Board of Governors' virtual meeting on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.

Pro-Palestinian students, faculty share concerns at virtual WSU Board of Governors meeting

, , June 27, 2024

The Wayne State University Board of Governors met virtually Wednesday night — less than a month after university police removed...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters march along Wayne State University's campus in Detroit on May 23, 2024. (Photo credit: Nargis Rahman)

Detroit Evening Report: First WSU Board of Governors meeting since encampment moved online

June 24, 2024

Wayne State University Board of Governors has moved its Wednesday meeting online.  It is the first virtual BOG meeting since...

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University of Michigan Regent Jordan Acker says he believes he was not targeted for his anti-divestment stance, but because he is Jewish.

Anti-Israel graffiti at UM regent’s law firm investigated as a hate crime

June 4, 2024

Southfield Police are investigating anti-Israel vandalism that took place early Monday at the Goodman Acker law firm as a potential...

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Wayne State University police broke up the pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's campus on Thursday, May 30, 2024.

Wayne State encampment removed, multiple arrests made by university police

May 30, 2024

Wayne State University police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's campus early Thursday morning and reportedly have made...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters march along Wayne State University's campus in Detroit on May 23, 2024.

Detroit Evening Report: Student encampment at WSU; Detroit People Mover Raid Train and more

May 24, 2024

On the latest episode of the Detroit Evening Report, we cover the pro-Palestinian encampment on Wayne State University's campus; the Detroit...

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The Israel-Hamas war is taking a deadly toll on journalists

May 21, 2024

It's been two years since Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by an Israeli sniper. She was on the...

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Israeli soldiers move on the top of a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, May 16, 2024.

Long history between Israelis and Palestinians fueling a war without end, WSU professor says

May 17, 2024

Soon after Hamas killed over 1,100 Israelis in their Oct. 7 terror attacks, Israel began bombing Gaza. The goal, according...

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Demonstrators hold their ground near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as New York City police officers move to clear the area after a campus building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day.

Created Equal: What Columbia University’s crackdown on protesters tell us about free speech on college campuses

May 1, 2024

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested on college campuses across the country in recent weeks. The escalating tensions between student-led...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters seeking university divestment from Israel disrupted a Wayne State University Board of Governors meeting on Friday, April 26, 2024, resulting in their removal from the meeting.

Student protestors kicked out of Wayne State Board of Governors meeting after disruption

May 1, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted the Wayne State University Board of Governors meeting on Friday after the public comments were over, calling...

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A male student sits in class at a desk alone with his head in his hand, while other students socialize behind him.

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan research institute examines impact of war in Gaza on religious minorities

, April 25, 2024

The Michigan and Washington, D.C.-based educational research group Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) this month released the third...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive directive to use the example and economic power of the state to encourage the transition to zero-emission vehicles.

Whitmer says reproductive rights a major issue in presidential campaign, refuses to call war in Gaza ‘genocide’

April 15, 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pointedly declined to use the word “genocide” on a Sunday morning news show to describe the war...

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Interceptors missiles are launched into the sky early Sunday, April 14, 2024, in Jerusalem.

Booms and sirens in Israel after Iran launches ballistic missiles and drones in unprecedented attack

April 13, 2024

JERUSALEM (AP) — Booms and air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem early Sunday after Iran launched dozens of drones and...

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