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Black Detroiter whose group fought housing segregation to have street named...
When one door closes, open a different door on a perpendicular street. Back in 1941, Rosa Gragg, the president of the Detroit Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, as well as other members of the...
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Bill aims to end painful experiments on dogs at Michigan public institutions
Michigan universities and public institutions would be prohibited from conducting painful or distressing experiments on dogs under a new bill in the state House. More than 700 dogs have been subjected...
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Michigan bill aims to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day
Michigan is among an increasing number of states trying to do away with Columbus Day in support of Native Americans. The second Monday in October has traditionally been a federal holiday commemorating...
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Racial bias in facial recognition technology the focus of bill introduced by...
U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence plans to introduce legislation to require a deeper examination of the racial biases found in facial recognition technology. As more law enforcement agencies begin using the...
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'White Boy Rick' may finally be a free man sooner than expected
Notorious teenage drug hustler and FBI informant Richard “White Boy Rick” Wershe Jr. may be a free man sooner than expected after spending more than three decades in prison on drug charges. Wershe,...
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Shri Thanedar is officially running for State House
It's official: Multimillionaire businessman and failed 2018 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar is running for state representative of Michigan's 3rd House District. Well, Thanedar's...
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Street named for Black civil rights activist whose group fought Detroit...
On any typical corner, the addition of a new street sign may go unnoticed — but on the corner in front of the Detroit Association of Women’s Club, a secondary street sign represents monumental...
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Judge puts Michigan’s ban on flavored nicotine vaping on hold
A Michigan Court of Claims judge on Tuesday temporarily halted Michigan’s ban on flavored nicotine vaping products. Judge Cynthia Stevens granted an injunction requested by vape shop owners, who argue...
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Ferndale becomes second city in Michigan to ban gay conversion therapy
Ferndale City Council voted unanimously Monday to make it a crime to perform so-called gay conversion therapy, a discredited practice that purports to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender. The...
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Savage Love: My boyfriend is still attracted to other people — should I end...
I'm a Seattle local who basically grew up reading your column. I think you've always given really sound advice, so I'm reaching out.…
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Like Charles Aycock, Trump wants to rule by force, by fraud, or by law
"There are three ways in which we may rule," Charles Aycock, the then-soon-to-be governor of North Carolina, told his supporters in 1900. "By force, by fraud, or by law.…
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Gov. Whitmer delivers Trumpian response after judge halts nicotine vaping ban
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's unilateral ban on flavored nicotine vaping products would still be in effect if not for that pesky judicial branch. A Michigan Court of Claims judge temporarily halted the ban...
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State Senate finalizes plan to raise the age of legal adulthood in court system
A new bipartisan plan to raise the legal age of adulthood in the Michigan court system was finalized by the Senate on Wednesday. The “Raise the Age” plan would formally recognize 17-year-olds as...
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Michigan AG and WMU Cooley Law School receive $1M in federal grants to review...
The Michigan Department of Attorney General and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School are partnering to receive over $1 million in federal grants that will be used to help them review 600...
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Detroiters get the worst sleep in the US, report finds
A new report identified Detroit as the city where people get the worst sleep — and the poverty rate might be partly why. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends getting seven to nine...
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3 top Duggan officials schemed to erase emails to hide city's ties to a...
Mayor Mike Duggan's chief of staff Alexis Wiley and two other top city officials ordered public employees to delete emails related to the nonprofit Make Your Date, according to a scathing report by...
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Audio: Warren Mayor Fouts said he wants to 'shoot' former chief of staff...
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said in a disturbing new audio recording that he wanted to shoot his former chief of staff “through the fucking head.”“I’d like to take a 2x4, and I’d like to beat the fucking...
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Pro-Trump websites that look like local Michigan news orgs have appeared —...
Despite President Donald Trump's routine taunting of the "fake news media," it seems someone working on behalf of the right wing has created that very thing in Michigan. A network of nearly 40...
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