The Metro: The inner workings of ICE and the origins of immigration policing
The killing of two American citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has forced the country to look more closely...
The Metro: The inner workings of ICE and the origins of immigration policing
The killing of two American citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has forced the country to look more closely...
The Metro: A reporter’s view from Minneapolis with lessons for Detroit
What does it feel like when a city has its breath taken away—not just by frigid weather, but by sudden...
The Metro: A civil rights lecture series asks what it means to be ‘living history’
The William G Anderson Lecture Series: Slavery to Freedom, An American Odyssey formed at Michigan State University 26 years ago....
The Metro: Dr. Keisha Blain highlights the Black women of civil rights and human rights movements
Women have been at the forefront of civil rights and human rights movements throughout history. Yet, their stories are left...
The Metro: Santiago-Romero presses Detroit to define limits on ICE activity
During President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become more dangerous and more visible. Detention has expanded rapidly. Last year...
The Metro: Why more people don’t know about Michigan’s first Black congressmember
Detroit has a number of famous representatives. Representatives John Dingell, labor leader Patrick McNamara, and Congressmember John Conyers. Charles Diggs...
The Metro: Reimagine Everything pays homage to author, philosopher and activist Grace Lee Boggs.
James Boggs has the Detroit story. He was born into a sharecropping family in Junction, Alabama. He moved to the...
The Metro: A criminal record still shuts too many doors in Michigan
In Michigan, some people coming home from prison face another kind of sentence — silence at the end of every...
The Metro: A lifeline is closing for trans teens at Michigan’s flagship hospital
The University of Michigan is ending gender-affirming care for minors, leaving an untold number of families with fewer options and...
The Metro: From Detroit to Gaza, calls rise for bold new strategies for Palestinian freedom
It has been almost two years since Hamas attacked Israeli civilians on October 7. Since then, Israel’s military campaign in...
Late Rev. Nicholas Hood on the March on Washington
On August 28th, 1963, nearly 250,000 people from around the country marched to the Mall in Washington D.C, to hear...
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...