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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
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Why the effects of incarceration last long after leaving prison

January 27, 2023 Sam Corey

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The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (City of Memphis via AP)
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Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating by police shown on video

January 28, 2023 Associated Press
Michigan state capitol building.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Legislature approves nearly $1B in tax cuts

January 27, 2023 Hernz Laguerre
The image from video released on Jan. 27, 2023, by the City of Memphis, shows Tyre Nichols during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died on Jan. 10. The five officers have since been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other offenses. (City of Memphis via AP)
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  • Secondary

Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating by police shown on video

January 28, 2023 Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities released video footage Friday showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by five Memphis police officers who held the...

Michigan state capitol building.
  • Detroit Evening Report
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Detroit Evening Report: Michigan Legislature approves nearly $1B in tax cuts

January 27, 2023 Hernz Laguerre

The Michigan Legislature approved $944 million in tax cut proposals Thursday night that will help lower taxes for one million...

Screenshot of Surf Mesa's music video for "City of Love."
  • Culture & Music

PLAY IT: Surf Mesa – ‘City of Love’ feat. Selah Sol

January 27, 2023 Dave Kim

Need to hear a breakup song but with feel-good beats? Los Angeles-based electronic star Surf Mesa fills that void perfectly...

white barred prison cells
  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Featured
  • Racial Attitudes

Why the effects of incarceration last long after leaving prison

January 27, 2023 Sam Corey

Correction facilities in the U.S. are intended to rehabilitate citizens. But we know from surveys, direct reports and recidivism rates...

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  • Culture & Music
  • CultureShift
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Southfield gallery highlights contemporary African American art in a new exhibit

January 26, 2023 Tia Graham

This weekend, Umoja Fine Arts Gallery will honor local artists with their latest exhibit, Umoja Art Basel: A Contemporary Affair....

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  • Detroit Evening Report
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Detroit Evening Report: Michigan appeals court ruling reverses minimum wage increase, paid sick leave revision

January 26, 2023 Tia Graham

A Thursday ruling by the Michigan Court of Appeals stops the state's minimum wage from increasing next month and will...

Advisor Bilal Hammoud says many of the students will be going out of town for the first time. The students will compete at the Harvard Model United Nations conference.
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Dearborn, Dearborn Heights Model UN Club students head to Harvard for conference

January 26, 2023 Nargis Rahman

Students from Dearborn and Dearborn Heights head to Boston this week for the Harvard Model United Nations conference, a four-day...

graphic of the book cover for "They Got Daddy: One Family's Reckoning with Racism and Faith" by Sharon Tubbs, alongside a picture of Sharon Tubbs
  • Community & Quality of Life
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New book explores how racism is passed down through generational trauma

January 26, 2023 Tia Graham

Sharon Tubbs is a journalist and author. She began her career as a newspaper reporter and editor. Currently,  Tubbs is...

Ali Abazeed is the Founding Director of the Dearborn Department of Public Health.
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Dearborn’s health department wants to make access to services easier

January 26, 2023 Nargis Rahman

Dearborn’s public health department is focusing on environmental and behavioral health and data analytics. According to Director Ali Abazeed, Dearborn...

Researcher looks at an image of a cat holding a rabbit in its mouth. The image was taken in a Detroit park and is part of an ongoing research project on urban wildlife.
  • Community & Quality of Life

Yale researchers record urban wildlife in Detroit parks

January 26, 2023 Laura Herberg

Dr. Nyeema C. Harris holds up a black and white image on her phone of a cat in the woods...

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  • Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson
  • Education
  • News

What ChatGPT is, and why it has some Michigan school staff concerned 

January 26, 2023 Sam Corey

ChatGPT (short for Generative Pre-training Transformer) is an increasingly popular chatbot that delivers a written, formulated response based on a prompt...

Michigan right to work protest
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  • Politics, Government & Finance

Michigan Democrats look to repeal right-to-work law

January 26, 2023 Russ McNamara

In 2012, Michigan Republicans pushed through a right-to-work law that sought to decrease the influence of labor unions in the...

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