Detroit Evening Report: Dems want to expand Michigan civil rights act to cover antisemitism
A group of Democratic state lawmakers is calling for an expansion of Michigan’s civil rights law to specifically include protections...
Detroit Evening Report: Dems want to expand Michigan civil rights act to cover antisemitism
A group of Democratic state lawmakers is calling for an expansion of Michigan’s civil rights law to specifically include protections...
The Metro: New book spotlights Detroit’s Arab, Chaldean communities
Arab Detroit is constantly in flux. In the last 10 years, new communities of refugees from Syria, Iraq and Yemen...
Detroit Evening Report: Book launch, film screening to encourage inclusion of Asian American history in schools
The Asian American nonprofit Rising Voices is hosting an educational event this weekend to kick off Asian American and Pacific...
The Metro: Black boys are attending college less
There are more women attending college in the U.S. than men, enrollment data shows. And more women have college degrees...
The Metro: Untold tales of Arab American life in metro Detroit
Some of the first Arabs came to Detroit by way of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The fair recreated far...
The Metro: Attorney representing pro-Palestine protester detained at Detroit Metro Airport
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...
Shustho: Bangladeshi mental health counselors work toward breaking stigma, building culturally informed care
Editor’s Note: This story is part four of a new four-part series from WDET’s Nargis Rahman called, “Shustho: Mind, Body,...
University of Michigan shutting down diversity, equity, inclusion programs
The University of Michigan is closing its office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and shutting down diversity initiatives campuswide, in...
Detroit Evening Report: Anti-discrimination group warns of possible impending Muslim ban
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) issued an advisory this week warning people of a possible travel ban by the Trump...
‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Charles Mauldin was near the front of a line of voting rights marchers walking in pairs...
The Metro: An Arab American Trump voter’s perspective on his first months in office
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...
The Metro: License plate cameras at Ferndale-Detroit border creating controversy
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...