Education Dec 20 After Oxford High shooting, Michigan teachers ask: How do we keep going? In interviews across the state, teachers told the PBS NewsHour they are tired, frustrated, and angry about continued gun violence in schools on top of pandemic challenges.
Education Nov 24 Rising COVID cases causing turmoil for Michigan schools as flu season arrives School leaders in Michigan dealing with staffing shortages across their districts now face a flu season that’s arrived alongside a major spike in COVID-19 cases…
Education Nov 23 Schools across the country are struggling to find staff. Here’s why Paying students to serve lunches during school hours. Bringing retired teachers back to the classroom. Across the country, these are some of the short-term solutions to a nationwide shortage of school staff…
Arts Nov 17 For Detroit’s Japanese Americans, oral histories key to preservation of history, future solidarity The Detroit chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has been collecting and sharing the stories of the Japanese American community in the area. These stories, spanning over a hundred years, are a vital part of Detroit’s history, and…
Politics Nov 03 Arab American and Muslim mayors sweep local elections in Detroit suburbs Voters in three Detroit suburbs chose, for the first time, mayors who are both Muslim and Arab American in historic local elections on Tuesday, marking a shift in political power to a region that has the largest concentration of Arab…
Politics Nov 03 Detroit just decriminalized psychedelics and ‘magic mushrooms.’ Here’s what that means Voters, including the city’s incumbent mayor who won a re-election, passed Proposal E on Tuesday night to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi. Just more than 61 percent of voters supported the measure, with nearly 39 percent of voters opposing it,…
Politics Nov 02 Why the push to decriminalize psychedelics is growing in Michigan Detroit voters will vote on whether to decriminalize entheogenic plants and fungi, including psilocybin mushrooms, which show promising medical applications.
Health Oct 21 How segregation and neglect left Benton Harbor, Michigan with toxic water Nestled against the shore of Lake Michigan on the southwestern side of the state, Benton Harbor is a small town with a population of just under 10,000. According to the U.S. Census Bureau figures for 2019, 84.7 percent of people…
Nation Oct 11 Sikh Americans push for greater visibility, awareness against years of hate crimes, misunderstanding “We want to spend the next 20 years increasingly focused on measures and efforts to build community power and increase the community's direct role in shaping policies at the local, state, and national levels, from education to hate crime prevention…
Arts Oct 05 The only Arab American museum in the nation is ‘much more than a building’ In the heart of Dearborn, Michigan, stands the Arab American National Museum, the first and only museum in the country dedicated to the history and resilience of the Arab American community.