Researchers and federal agencies have built monitoring systems, databases and tools to accelerate our understanding of medication safety. However, these efforts are now at risk due to ongoing cuts to medical research funding.
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Posted inArts & Culture
How bigotry crushed dreams of an all-Black Little League team
White teams refused to take the field with the Cannon Street team, who represented the first Black Little League in South Carolina. The team won two tournaments by forfeit. They were supposed to then go to a regional tournament in Rome, Georgia, where, if they won, they’d advance to the Little League World Series.
Posted inCivic and Community Information, Health and Welfare
COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
Uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, and potentially other vaccines, may worsen in the coming weeks and months.
Posted inEducation
PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs
A June 2025 study by the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology on the types of media children consume surveyed parents and other caregivers of 346 first graders.
Posted inEducation
Conversation: More than 50% of Detroit students regularly miss class – and schools alone can’t solve the problem
Prior to the pandemic, the average rate of chronic absenteeism nationwide was about 15%, and it was around 24% in 2024.
Posted inHealth and Welfare, Police & Public Safety
‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released
Black men who have been incarcerated have elevated rates of PTSD, depression and psychological distress.
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Metro Detroit is growing – but its suburbs are telling a more complicated story
An additional 11,000 people moved into the city in the years 2023 and 2024, a small gain in a city with a population of 645,705 – but one which marked a symbolic shift.
Posted inBusiness
Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings
Although Yelp intended to support Black communities with the Black-owned tag, the design intervention was harmful to Black restaurant owners in Detroit.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren’t from
A divided Supreme Court decided on June 23 that the Trump administration can legally deport immigrants to countries they were not born in.
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Commentary: Detroit’s population grew in 2023, 2024 − a strategy to welcome immigrants helps explain the turnaround from decades of population decline
Here are three reasons why Detroit and other cities want to welcome immigrants: