With the benefit of time, what was once a news media frenzy focusing on the violence after Floyd’s killing has yielded space for reflection.
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Detroit’s next mayor can do these 3 things to support neighborhoods beyond downtown
Building a stronger Detroit means stabilizing housing, using vacant land to benefit the public and investing in social infrastructure.
Posted inArts & Culture
Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship
Lula “Mae” Reeves sold custom hats to some of Hollywood’s biggest stars and she also used her millinery shop as a polling station.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers
Living in poor neighborhoods with fewer resources was associated with a 20% to 70% increased risk of developing this disease.
Posted inArts & Culture, Political and Public Policy Information
Trump administration could starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering little-known agency
Devon Akmon, director of the MSU Museum at Michigan State University, talks with The Conversation US about the potential impact of cuts to a little-known federal agency.
Posted inEnvironment
Commentary: New research upends what we know about the journey of collard greens to the American South
Until now, the consensus scholarly view has held that collards came to the Americas early in the 16th century with Spanish, Portuguese or English Europeans, who introduced collards as a garden plant that was then taken up by enslaved Africans.
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Commentary: Overburdened community pharmacies are closing. What to know
The loss of local pharmacies threatens individual and community access to medications, pharmacist expertise and essential public health resources, the authors write.
Posted inArts & Culture
From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
Hip-hop and house are both distinctly Black American artforms that originated on the streets and dance floors of U.S. cities.
Posted inHousing
The Conversation: Almost half of evicted women, families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out
Due to historical and contemporary structural racism in the U.S., Black renters and their children are affected the most.
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What is a migrant? What is ICE? 10 terms to help you understand the debate over immigration
Understanding the many different immigration terms – some technical, some not – can help people better understand immigration news.