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Demonstrators hold their ground near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, as New York City police officers move to clear the area after a campus building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day.
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Created Equal: What Columbia University’s crackdown on protesters tell us about free speech on college campuses

Created Equal May 1, 2024

Hundreds of protesters have been arrested on college campuses across the country in recent weeks. The escalating tensions between student-led...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters seeking university divestment from Israel disrupted a Wayne State University Board of Governors meeting on Friday, April 26, 2024, resulting in their removal from the meeting.
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Student protestors kicked out of Wayne State Board of Governors meeting after disruption

Nargis Rahman May 1, 2024

Pro-Palestinian protestors interrupted the Wayne State University Board of Governors meeting on Friday after the public comments were over, calling...

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A Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband and daughter, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)
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Created Equal: How the war in Gaza is complicating pregnancy

Created Equal April 22, 2024

We have heard a lot about the war in Gaza — about the politics and positioning on both sides, and...

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed an executive directive to use the example and economic power of the state to encourage the transition to zero-emission vehicles.
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Whitmer says reproductive rights a major issue in presidential campaign, refuses to call war in Gaza ‘genocide’

Rick Pluta April 15, 2024

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pointedly declined to use the word “genocide” on a Sunday morning news show to describe the war...

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Janae Wilson, Senior Operations Manager at ProsperUs Detroit.
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Muslims in metro Detroit celebrate Ramadan differently as war in Gaza rages

Nargis Rahman April 8, 2024

As the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end, many American Muslims are approaching the holiday with grief rather...

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Israelis demonstrate to demand the release of the hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, during a protest outside of the U.S. Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 1, 2024.
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The Metro: The war in Gaza’s impact on the American Jewish community

The Metro March 1, 2024

As the death toll in Gaza continues to rise — with more than 30,000 Palestinians killed since the start of...

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2024 Democratic presidential primary ballot.
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Created Equal: Assessing the impact of the ‘uncommitted’ vote in Michigan

Created Equal February 29, 2024

In the wake of the presidential primary in Michigan, the “uncommitted” campaign that delivered over 100,000 votes has exceeded its...

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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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Protesters march in a pro-Palestine/Abandon Biden rally at Fordson High School in Dearborn, Jan. 31, 2024.
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Will Michigan voters who want a ceasefire in Gaza cost Biden the primary election?

Nargis Rahman February 26, 2024

Instead of casting a vote for President Joe Biden in Michigan's presidential primary this Tuesday, organizers of the national "Abandon...

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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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Israeli soldiers operate inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.
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Israel and Hamas are making progress in cease-fire and hostage-release talks, officials say

Associated Press February 14, 2024

CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are making progress toward another cease-fire and hostage-release deal, officials said Tuesday, as negotiations...

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Smoke rises from town of Khan Younis after Israeli strikes on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.
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Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza

Associated Press December 15, 2023

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military on Friday mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages during its ground operation in...

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