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The Metro: Public health expert weighs in on cancer risks linked to hair relaxers

Cary Junior II, The Metro November 6, 2025

Thousands of women have been in the initial stages of a legal battle over hair products they believe made them...

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Detroit Evening Report: Clean energy event centers equity and opportunity

Hernz Laguerre October 10, 2025

Stacey Abrams to headline Detroit’s clean energy summit If you’re interested in how you can be a part of a...

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The Metro: How Detroit Equity Action Lab is training leaders to disrupt inequity

The Metro, Robyn Vincent September 23, 2025

 A quiet shift is underway in Detroit, one led by residents pushing for change inside the places that have...

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Wayne State’s Espy out

Jerome Vaughn September 17, 2025

Wayne State University President Kimberly Espy is resigning. That’s according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Espy has...

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The Metro: Student success program hosting jazz and poetry fundraiser

Cary Junior II, The Metro August 11, 2025

A Wayne State success program is providing an evening of jazz an poetry to raise money.The Crockett-Lumumba Scholars provides assistance...

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Wayne State to offer women’s soccer in 2026

Pat Batcheller July 24, 2025

Wayne State University will field a women's soccer team in the fall of 2026. It will be the school's first...

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The Metro: WSU grad student supporting Detroit’s homeless with interactive resource map

Cary Junior II, The Metro, Nadia Ziyad July 9, 2025

Detroit’s homeless population is growing. A one-night count conducted last year by the city of Detroit and two local nonprofits...

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The Atlantic's "Inheritance" project set out to create a more complex narrative of Black history in the United States.
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DER Weekends: Detroit genealogist on the importance, emotional toll of researching African American ancestors

Bre'Anna Tinsley, Sascha Raiyn June 28, 2025

In honor of Juneteenth, Wayne State University hosted a series of lectures and a genealogy workshop focused on tracing African...

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The Metro: Wayne State genealogy workshop offers tips for tracing lineage of Black Americans

The Metro, Bre'Anna Tinsley, Nadia Ziyad June 24, 2025

Wayne State University is offering a genealogy workshop focused on the lineage of enslaved Black Americans as part of its...

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Iranian-American scholar and journalist Fariba Pajooh.
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The Metro: As bombs fall in the Middle East, Detroit’s diaspora braces for what comes next

The Metro, Robyn Vincent June 24, 2025

The night skies over Tehran have been flashing with fire since Israeli jets began piercing Iranian airspace. They have been...

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Smoke rises from the building of Iran's state-run television after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 16, 2025.
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The Metro: What role will the US play in Israel’s conflict with Iran?

The Metro, Robyn Vincent, Sam Corey, Nadia Ziyad June 18, 2025

On Friday, Israel launched attacks on Iran, intending to hit Iran’s uranium enrichment site, where it is building nuclear arms,...

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The Metro: New public health school emerging at Wayne State University

The Metro, Robyn Vincent, Nadia Ziyad June 18, 2025

Wayne State University is opening the city’s first standalone School of Public Health. The school is designed to train health...

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