Decades after a student occupation helped create Wayne State’s African American Studies department, alumni are fighting to preserve the vision they say the university promised.

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When Quinton Jones-Whitaker was sent to prison at 20 years old, no physical evidence tied him to the carjacking and robbery that upended his life.

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After Mike Duggan left office as mayor of Detroit, one of his appointees landed a newly created six-figure job at the Detroit Department of Transportation, even though employees say he lacked traditional transit experience and the position was never posted online.

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About 85% of the rental properties in Detroit are owned by landlords with no legal right to collect rent, a discovery that could upend thousands of eviction cases, according to a coalition of housing attorneys and tenant advocates. 

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Michigan health officials failed to properly oversee a network of public hotlines that hundreds of thousands of residents rely on each year for help with food, housing, health care, mental health crises, gambling addiction, and domestic violence, according to a new state audit.

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A Monroe County man who suffered a stroke during a traffic stop was violently pulled from his vehicle, slammed to the ground, handcuffed, and mocked by Livingston County sheriff’s deputies, even as his medical condition worsened, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

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United Democracy Project, an outside political group backed by the controversial American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is spending more than $2 million on ads supporting U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. 

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Court records describe years of abuse by Ashley Hoath's ex-boyfriend, Jeremy Barron, who she said repeatedly abused her physically and sexually.

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A Wayne County judge has permanently blocked Detroit Thermal from using property owned by the historic Mies van der Rohe townhome associations in Lafayette Park to run steam service to a nearby high-rise, handing residents a major victory in a yearlong legal fight over easements, trespass, and historic preservation.

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Fired Fox 2 Detroit anchor Taryn Asher is suing the television station in federal court, alleging she was retaliated against and forced out after complaining that male colleagues were treated more favorably.

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Three new developments will bring nearly 200 mixed-income housing units to Corktown, including more than 150 affordable homes, as Detroit continues redeveloping the former Clement Kern Gardens site.

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Two recent deaths at Michigan’s only women’s prison and the worsening health of a woman who says mold exposure is destroying her body are renewing calls for sweeping reforms at the troubled facility.

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A former Melvindale cop charged with using excessive force in connection with three traffic stops was sentenced on Friday to six months in jail for one incident and probation for another. 

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Stephen Henderson’s recent analysis of Mayor Mary Sheffield’s budget captures Detroit’s fiscal reality with unusual clarity: the city is making real progress on bonded debt, but rising pension costs and a dysfunctional tax structure leave policymakers with “no way out, few ways up.”  That diagnosis is right. The conclusion is not.  Detroit does have a […]

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This story is part one in a series examining the evolution and challenges facing Wayne State University’s Department of African American Studies, the product of a historic, student-driven movement. Compared to fellow students, Cherine Shaaban got off pretty light when her family learned she was among about 100 undergrads who’d taken over a Wayne State […]

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Karliana Yosdeylin Perdomo Gotopo is a 20-year-old Venezuelan student-athlete from metro Detroit who was detained by immigration enforcement agents.

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Ameera Hashwi rode through Dearborn’s Memorial Day Parade on Monday in a red convertible, smiling, waving to the crowd, and holding an American flag.

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Rebecca Fackler was in pain, not feeling well, and crying out for help from inside Michigan’s only women’s prison, but no one came to help until it was too late, according to a woman incarcerated near her.

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Mike Duggan’s independent campaign for governor began as a bold experiment in post-partisan politics and ended Thursday with a thud.

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