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Representative Noah Arbit (D-West Bloomfield) is a lead sponsor of legislation to add legal protections against antisemitism to Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.
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Detroit Evening Report: Dems want to expand Michigan civil rights act to cover antisemitism

Rick Pluta, Sascha Raiyn June 4, 2025

A group of Democratic state lawmakers is calling for an expansion of Michigan’s civil rights law to specifically include protections...

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"Beyond Refuge in Arab Detroit," edited by Sally Howell, Andrew Shryock, Yasmeen Hanoosh and Thomas A Klug.
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The Metro: New book spotlights Detroit’s Arab, Chaldean communities

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 29, 2025

Arab Detroit is constantly in flux. In the last 10 years, new communities of refugees from Syria, Iraq and Yemen...

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Detroit Evening Report: Book launch, film screening to encourage inclusion of Asian American history in schools

Nargis Rahman April 28, 2025

The Asian American nonprofit Rising Voices is hosting an educational event this weekend to kick off Asian American and Pacific...

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(From left) Bottom Line Executive Director Danielle North, Metro co-host Tia Graham, and Black Male Educators Alliance Founder Curtis Lewis at WDET Studios, April 21, 2025.
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The Metro: Black boys are attending college less

Cary Junior II, Tia Graham, The Metro April 21, 2025

There are more women attending college in the U.S. than men, enrollment data shows.  And more women have college degrees...

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An Egyptian musician on "Cairo Street," at the World's Fair in Chicago, 1893.
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The Metro: Untold tales of Arab American life in metro Detroit

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 21, 2025

Some of the first Arabs came to Detroit by way of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The fair recreated far...

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Amir Makled is a Dearborn attorney representing a pro-Palestine protester pro bono. He was detained and questioned at Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday.
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The Metro: Attorney representing pro-Palestine protester detained at Detroit Metro Airport

Sam Corey, Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 9, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Many free speech advocates are alarmed as the Trump administration revokes...

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Shustho: Bangladeshi mental health counselors work toward breaking stigma, building culturally informed care 

Nargis Rahman March 28, 2025

Editor’s Note: This story is part four of a new four-part series from WDET’s Nargis Rahman called, “Shustho: Mind, Body,...

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University of Michigan shutting down diversity, equity, inclusion programs

Dustin Dwyer March 28, 2025

The University of Michigan is closing its office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and shutting down diversity initiatives campuswide, in...

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Detroit Evening Report: Anti-discrimination group warns of possible impending Muslim ban

Nargis Rahman March 10, 2025

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) issued an advisory this week warning people of a possible travel ban by the Trump...

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U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and NAACP President Derick Johnson, from left, march across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala.
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‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future

Associated Press March 10, 2025

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs...

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Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Detroit Economic Club ahead of the November 2024 election, Oct. 10, 2024.
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The Metro: An Arab American Trump voter’s perspective on his first months in office

Sam Corey, Lauren Myers, The Metro March 6, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In the lead-up to the 2024 presidential election, many supporters of...

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The Metro: License plate cameras at Ferndale-Detroit border creating controversy

John Filbrandt, Lauren Myers, The Metro March 3, 2025

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. The Detroit Documenters have been taking notes on growing tensions in...

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