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Wayne State President reveals deeply personal experiences in new memoir

Detroit Today April 27, 2022

Wayne State University President Dr. M. Roy Wilson is turning inward with a new memoir that is both reflective and...

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A Dearborn hotel that is temporarily housing Afghans.
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Some Afghan evacuees have been waiting for months in Metro Detroit hotels for housing

Laura Herberg April 19, 2022

  More than 1,700 Afghans have arrived in Michigan since the United States left Afghanistan in August, according to the...

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Gabriela Santiago-Romero Southwest Detroit CARE
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Southwest Detroit Community CARE mutual aid group uplifted community during the pandemic

Nargis Rahman March 7, 2022

  “Communities of Hope” features Detroiters from communities of color who have been looking for ways to persevere during the...

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Tufail Uddin & Mohtashim Mahin COH 5
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When COVID Cancelled Weddings, This Photographer and Videographer Pivoted to Community-Builders

Nargis Rahman December 16, 2021

When weddings were canceled during the pandemic, videographer Tufail Uddin and photographer Mohtashim Mahin of Thru the Lens Production lost...

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Hamtramck Ramps Up Efforts to Reach Bangladeshi Voters During Elections

Nargis Rahman November 22, 2021

City of Hamtramck As voters walk into the Hamtramck Community Center, Ali Newaz greets voters and directs them to one of...

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Founder of Nonprofit J&E Community Relief Gives Back to the Community That Helped Her

Nargis Rahman November 18, 2021

“Communities of Hope” features Detroiters from communities of color who have been looking for ways to persevere during the pandemic. Emina Ferizovic jingles...

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The West’s Support of Global Corruption Is Threatening Democracy, Says Author

Detroit Today November 18, 2021

Frank Vogl has spent much of his career trying to raise awareness about -- and fight against -- corruption on...

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Dearborn’s First Arab American Mayor Abdullah Hammoud Reflects on Historic Victory

Detroit Today November 3, 2021

Despite having one of the largest Arab populations in America, Dearborn has never had an Arab American or Muslim mayor....

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Abdullah Hammoud Makes History in Dearborn Mayoral Election: “There Is a New Era in Dearborn”

Nargis Rahman November 3, 2021

Abdullah Hammoud made history Tuesday night after voters elected him Dearborn’s first Arab American and Muslim mayor. Nargis Hakim Rahman/WDET...

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Sadya Chowdhury
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How Losing Her Job Led Bangladeshi Woman to Launch a Catering Business During the Pandemic

Nargis Rahman October 5, 2021

“Communities of Hope" features Detroiters from communities of color who have been looking for ways to persevere during the pandemic. In...

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Michigan State University Researchers Recall Harrowing Effort to Evacuate 77 Afghan Scholars

Detroit Today October 5, 2021

Michigan State University had dozens of people in Afghanistan affiliated with the university when the country fell to the Taliban...

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Bandhu Gardens Cultivating Fruit, Vegetables and Friendship in Detroit

Annamarie Sysling September 27, 2021

Rooted shares stories about land tending, community healing and regeneration happening right here on the ancestral land of the Indigenous Anishinaabe, the...

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