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Watchdog group demands termination of Oakland University researcher for mishandling dangerous toxin
The botched project caused the deaths of mice and exposed staff to a genotoxin, which can damage DNA
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Education, Oakland University, Stop Animal Exploitation Now, animal research, education, Oakland County, Michael Budkie, genotoxin, research
Macomb County tackles hate crimes with beefed-up prosecutor’s unit
Prosecutor Lucido pledges ‘commitment to confronting intolerance and bigotry’
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Civil Rights, Government, Crime, Peter Lucido, Macomb County, Macomb County Prosecutors Office, racism, ethnic intimidation, hate crimes, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program, Patrick Coletta
In ‘Origin,’ Ava DuVernay turns Isabel Wilkerson’s exploration of racism, ‘Caste,’ into a gripping feature film
Here is a rare and excellent thing — a major dramatic feature about a Black woman intellectual
By Chuck Wilson
Tags: Movies, Views & Opinions, Ava DuVernay, racism, Isabel Wilkerson, Video
Students, parents outraged by dismissal of beloved teacher in Livonia Public Schools
Mama J. believes race was a factor in her dismissal
Tags: Metro Detroit, Education, News, Government, Teacher, substitute teacher, Livonia Public Schools, racism, Mama J., Juanita Francis, diversity
Black family sues Grosse Pointe man who displayed KKK flag outside their home
The federal lawsuit alleges Ryan Wilde relentlessly terrorized the family
Tags: Metro Detroit, News, racism, KKK, Grosse Pointe Park, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Je Donna Dinges, Ryan Wilde, intimidation
Growing neofascist group spreads hate in metro Detroit, trains to become ‘white warriors’
The Great Lakes Active Club has been noticeably active as its members continue to recruit white supremacists
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Active clubs, Great Lakes Active Club, racism, hate group, Telegram, social media, Detroit, Michigan, Southern Poverty Law Center, Counter Extremism Project
Upcoming Pontiac Festival of the Arts to honor Mexican Independence Day
A live exhibition will feature street art by Detroit artist ‘The Hood Picasso’
By Layla McMurtrie
Tags: Arts, Local Businesses, Music, Things to Do, Visual Art, Art, Culture, Creativity, Mexican Independence Day, Latin heritage, food, graffiti, Pontiac Festival of the Arts
Alarming racial disparity found in Ferndale arrests and traffic tickets – again
An advocacy group is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate ‘predatory policing’ in the suburb
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Council on American-Islamic Relations, racial profiling, Ferndale, Detroit, 8 Mile, Muslims, traffic stops, police, racism
Muslim advocacy group calls for boycott of Michigan cider mill over Islamophobic remarks
‘I’m getting sick of you folks,’ the cider mill owner told a Muslim family
Tags: Michigan News, News, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Islam, Muslims, Monroe County, Racism, cider mill, orchard, Erie Orchards & Cider Mill
White millionaire abruptly pulls plug on predominantly Black talk radio station 910AM
Owner Kevin Adell was accused of running the Detroit-area station into the ground with a series of missteps, controversies, and heavy-handed tactics
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Media, 910AM Superstation, 910AM, radio station, black radio, Kevin Adell, Southfield, Sam Riddle, radio hosts, racism
Detroit police arrest pregnant Black woman after false facial recognition match
The faulty Project Green Light surveillance network has led to at least three false arrests
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Porcha Woodruff, Detroit, Detroit Police Department, facial recognition technology, racism, police, lawsuit, U.S. District Court
Detroit activist Malik Shabazz to undergo permanent heart pump transplant
He’s still in critical condition after he had a heart attack on June 26
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Malik Shabazz, Detroit, Activism, racism, heart attack, Henry Ford Hospital, Sam Riddle, New Black Panther Party/New Marcus Garvey Movement
Livonia police criticized for response to racist attack on Black teen
An adult severely assaulted a 13-year-old Black child while yelling racial slurs
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Livonia, Livonia Police Department, Assault, racism, Facebook, social media, police
Most Detroiters are unsatisfied and would like to move, survey found
The findings paint a gloomy picture of life in Michigan’s largest city
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Survey, poll, Detroit, suburbs, quality of life, education, jobs, affordable housing, Gallup, Detroit Regional Chamber
WJR unveils ‘next generation’ of radio hosts: old white men
AM radio has become a hub for right-wing radio shows
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Media, WJR, radio station, radio, AM, diversity, racism, Paul W. Smith, Tom Jordan, Kevin Dietz, Guy Gordon, Mitch Album, Chris Renwick, Karen Dumas
Detroit charter schools offers $100,000 salaries to certified teachers
The Detroit Academy of Arts Sciences made the offer as schools struggle with teacher shortages
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Education, Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences, teachers, teacher salaries, education, Detroit
Tlaib joins fight for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans
The Detroit Democrat joined U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in urging their colleagues to help atone for the practice of slavery and hundreds of years of racist policies
Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, reparations, racism, Washington D.C., Reparations Now Resolution, Democrats
Michigan school’s ban on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirt leads to lawsuit
The phrase is a coded insult that means ‘Fuck Joe Biden’
Tags: Michigan News, News, Joe Biden, Let's Go Brandon, school, education, Tri County Area Schools, Western Michigan, First Amendment, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Husband-and-wife music duo the War and Treaty captures live energy on ‘Lover’s Game’
A Made-in-Michigan love story
By Aaron Irons, Last Word Features
Tags: Michigan Music, On Tour, The War and Treaty, El Club, bands from Michigan, Michael and Tanya Trotter, Albion
While most Detroiters support reparations, a majority of white residents do not
Support for reparations in Detroit is linked to perceptions about racism’s ongoing impact
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Reparations, racism, Detroit, University of Michigan, survey
Michigan’s ‘Bikers, Buds, & Brews’ taps Marcy Playground and Soul Asylum
By Lee DeVito
Detroit’s ‘NSFW’ art and music exhibit is not what you think
By Randiah Camille Green
Kash Doll, Rema, and PartyNextDoor among Afro Nation Detroit headliners