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NPR’s All Things Considered is determined to give you the day’s big stories on the air, bringing them alive through contextual reporting and analysis. Each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.
All Things Considered hosts Ailsa Chang, Audie Cornish, Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro and WDET host Russ McNamara present the program’s trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews and offbeat features.
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Black Maternal Health Week spurs new legislation from Michigan Democrats
Russ McNamara
April 12, 2024
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![Michigan Republican Party Chair Pete Hoekstra said dissident delegates were refused credentials because they ignored repeated efforts to get them to register.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PeteHoekstra_MIGOPconvention-e1709562776336-900x507.png)
Pete Hoekstra: ‘There’s lots of folks investing in the MI GOP’
Russ McNamara
March 29, 2024
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Michigan Democrats ‘fired up’ ahead of November presidential election, party chair says
Russ McNamara
March 28, 2024
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![Former CBS Detroit reporter Ibrahim Samra addresses a crowd at a press conference on Monday, March 26, regarding a wrongful termination lawsuit he filed in federal court against his former employer.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/SamraLawsuit-e1711474301738-900x506.jpg)
Palestinian-American journalist suing Detroit TV station for wrongful termination
Russ McNamara
March 26, 2024
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![President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. Standing at left is Vice President Kamala Harris and seated at right is House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/StateoftheUnion_Biden_AP-scaled-e1709917388715-900x507.jpg)
President Joe Biden shouts out labor, defends immigration policy during spirited State of the Union
Russ McNamara
March 8, 2024
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![Former Congressman Andy Levin addresses a crowd at a rally in Dearborn on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in support of the campaign to vote "uncommitted" in Michigan's Democratic primary.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AndyLevin_Uncommitted_AbandonBiden-scaled-e1709139201725-900x507.jpg)
Campaign to vote ‘uncommitted’ exceeds expectations in Michigan Democratic primary
Russ McNamara
February 28, 2024
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![Supporters of former President Donald Trump gather outside a rally in Clinton Township on September 27, 2023.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/KB6_1087-scaled-e1708710621630-900x507.jpg)
Is Donald Trump a fascist? A fascism scholar says he certainly sounds like one
Russ McNamara
February 23, 2024
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![Auto workers picket outside Ford's assembly plant on Sept. 15, 2023, in Wayne, Mich.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230915_005848-900x507.jpg)
Sen. Gary Peters says he ‘fully supports’ the UAW strike
Russ McNamara
September 15, 2023
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![Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., speaks at the Vision '24 conference' on March 18, 2023, in North Charleston, S.C.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Mike-Rogers-AP23248745664744-900x600.jpg)
Former Rep. Mike Rogers joins US Senate race to replace Debbie Stabenow
Russ McNamara
September 7, 2023
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![The stained glass exterior of Detroit's Downtown Synagogue.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SYNAGOGUE-4-900x599.jpg)
Detroit’s Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue reopens after $6M renovations
Russ McNamara
August 25, 2023
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![Ethan Crumbley appears in Oakland County Court, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Ethan-Crumbley-AP23230548315183-e1692386049418-900x507.jpg)
Prosecutors give closing arguments for Ethan Crumbley life sentence during last day of Miller hearing
Russ McNamara
August 18, 2023
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![United Auto Workers members picket outside of GM's Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center in September 2019.](https://wdet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DSC_0832-900x598.jpg)
US economy could lose $5.6B in revenue, mostly in Michigan, if UAW strikes for 10 days
Russ McNamara
August 18, 2023
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