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The Metro: Why Dearborn amended its dust ordinance with stricter standards

The Metro May 8, 2024

Fugitive dust — it sounds like bad air gone awry. And honestly, that’s not such a bad characterization.Fugitive dust is...

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"Dearborn" by Ghassan Zeineddine.
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The Metro: Author highlights diversity, sense of community in Dearborn with book of short stories

The Metro May 6, 2024

The city of Dearborn — sandwiched between Detroit, Inkster and Downriver — is a major cultural hub for Arab Americans...

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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.
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Palestinian-American journalist suing Detroit TV station for wrongful termination

Russ McNamara March 26, 2024

A metro Detroit TV reporter is alleging that he was wrongly terminated from CBS Detroit due to discrimination in a...

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Ali Abazeed, founding director & chief public health officer at Dearborn Department of Public Health, shares the organization's strategies for action at the Cities of Opportunity Action Cohort.
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Dearborn among 4 cities selected to join national environmental justice Policy Academy

Nargis Rahman March 18, 2024

The City of Dearborn is one of four cities selected nationally by the National League of Cities to participate in...

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A National Park Service grant awarded to the city of Detroit will fund a historic property survey of local sites related to Arab and Chaldean community history and the collection of local and family histories. 
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The Metro: Community history project in Detroit to collect Arab and Chaldean stories

The Metro February 28, 2024

Metro Detroit is home to one of the highest populations of Arab Americans in the United States. And recently, the...

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"March Forth: From The Prison of Minds" will be published on March 4, 2024.
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The Metro: Dearborn native honors late father’s education career in new memoir

The Metro February 26, 2024

One of the earliest mentors we have in life outside of the home is our educators.In his new book, "March...

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Aerial view of the Dearborn area.
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Dearborn launches city-wide air quality monitoring program

Amanda LeClaire February 21, 2024

Dearborn officials announced the launch of a city-wide air quality monitoring program this week. In partnership with Michigan-based startup JustAir,...

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A pro-Palestinian/ Abandon Biden rally at Fordson High School in Dearborn on Jan. 31, 2024.
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The Metro: How the war in Gaza is swaying voters in Michigan

The Metro February 15, 2024

Michigan is home to the nation's largest Arab American population. And in southeast Michigan, about 300,000 Arab Americans call the Dearborn...

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Members of the Abandon Biden campaign held a press conference at the Greenfield Manor Feb. 1, 2024 in Dearborn to express their outrage with President Joe Biden not meeting with the Arab American community during his visit to Michigan.
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Arab American leaders urge people to vote in primaries, even if they are upset

Nargis Rahman February 5, 2024

President Joe Biden was in metro Detroit last week to meet with union leaders, but he did not meet with...

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Rep. Abdullah Hammoud, D-Dearborn, speaks during a campaign rally for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Dearborn, Mich., March 7, 2020.
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Dearborn ramps up security after WSJ op-ed calls it ‘America’s jihad capital’

Associated Press February 5, 2024

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Dearborn, Michigan, is ramping up its police presence in response to fallout from an opinion piece...

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City schools, police stations, libraries and other municipal buildings will get solar panels as part of DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower program.
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Detroit Evening Report: Dearborn commits to 100% renewable energy at city buildings

Sascha Raiyn January 26, 2024

The city of Dearborn is opting in to DTE Energy’s MIGreenPower program to get municipal buildings to 100% renewable energy...

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Three trash cans and a trash bag sit in a Dearborn park.
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Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud launches campaign to eliminate litter

Laura Herberg August 21, 2023

Krista Komisar is playing with her kids at a park in Dearborn. She says this is a common activity for...

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