Created Equal: Advocates on addressing neighborhood gun violence in Detroit
A mass shooting at a block party in Detroit this past weekend has community activists, police and politicians all focused...
Created Equal: How ‘ghost streams’ contribute to Detroit flooding
Over the past decade, the effects of climate change have led to a major increase in flooding events in cities...
Created Equal: The end of race-based kidney testing
Since the late '90s, doctors have included race in equations used to estimate kidney function. Known as the estimated glomerular...
Created Equal: How Michigan’s $82B budget will affect the state’s most vulnerable populations
Last week, lawmakers in Lansing approved the state's $82.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year — a slight increase...
Created Equal: Investigative report sheds light on Chicago missing person cases
Imagine people in your community — whether women, children, or someone you know and love — goes missing, and your...
Created Equal: Reacting to the Biden, Trump presidential debate
Thursday night was the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Both men went back...
Created Equal: A look at Republican efforts to court Black and Latinx voters
The first debate between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden this election cycle is coming up tonight, airing...
Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’
In the years following the Civil War, formerly enslaved Black Americans in the South were promised "40 acres and a...
Created Equal: The legacy of Juneteenth, nearly 160 years later
Juneteenth marks our nation's second independence day — when the last of America's slaves were freed by executive decree. Though...
Created Equal: Michigan author digs into the Midwest’s Indigenous history
At an early age, Michigan author Robert Downes became aware that the land his family's farm sat on was formerly...
Created Equal: How incarceration impacts fatherhood
Father's Day is this Sunday, and while there are many struggles to being a parent, men who have been...
Created Equal: How did the Civil War change the workplace for Black Americans?
Black Americans searching for employment during the Civil War is not something we often think about.Massachusetts was known as a...
