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Created Equal

Exploring the strings of inequality that run through the American experience

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Stephen Henderson

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Hosted by Stephen Henderson, Created Equal is about the promise of opportunity and the challenge of inequality from the city that built America — Detroit.

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Team:

Host: Stephen Henderson
Executive Producer: Adam Fox
Producers: David Leins, Cary Junior II
Audio Engineer: Conor Anderson
Senior Editor and Musical Composer: Sam Beaubien
Digital Distribution: David Leins
Digital Editor: Jenny Sherman

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Created Equal: How ‘ghost streams’ contribute to Detroit flooding

Madison Ganzak July 10, 2024

Two signs read "End qualified immunity" during a Black Lives Matter protest held outside the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus, Ohio, July 2021.

Created Equal: How police misconduct is protected through ‘qualified immunity’

Justina Giglio July 9, 2024

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Created Equal: The end of race-based kidney testing

Madison Ganzak July 8, 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks about her budget priorities for the upcoming year at the Detroit Parent Network resource center on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2023.

Created Equal: How Michigan’s $82B budget will affect the state’s most vulnerable populations

Madison Ganzak July 3, 2024

British Columbia was Canada’s first province to put the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples into law.

Created Equal: What the US can learn from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Justina Giglio July 2, 2024

Trina Reynolds-Tyler (left) and Sarah Conway interviewed dozens of people over two years to create "Missing in Chicago," a joint investigative report from City Bureau and Invisible Institute.

Created Equal: Investigative report sheds light on Chicago missing person cases

Madison Ganzak July 1, 2024

This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Created Equal: Reacting to the Biden, Trump presidential debate

Madison Ganzak June 28, 2024

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign event at 180 Church, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Detroit, as Itasha Dotson and Carlos Chambers listen.

Created Equal: A look at Republican efforts to court Black and Latinx voters

Madison Ganzak June 27, 2024

A rendering of the proposed boulevard replacing Interstate 375 in Detroit.

Created Equal: ReThink I-375 coalition releases list of ‘action items’ for MDOT

Justina Giglio June 26, 2024

The Freedmen's Bureau, depicted in this 1868 drawing, was created to give legal title for Field Order 15 — better known as "40 acres and a mule."

Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’

Madison Ganzak June 25, 2024

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Created Equal: First over-the-counter birth control pill expanding contraception access across US

Justina Giglio June 24, 2024

The Detroit skyline from Hart Plaza.

Created Equal: Why urban areas like Detroit are more at risk during heat waves

Justina Giglio June 20, 2024

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