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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the the African-American community more in a variety of negative ways. Among other things, it has highlighted the…
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February is Black History Month, and coming up this week in Ypsilanti is a virtual community conversation being called “America Without Racism...Making…
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2020 reinforced that there is still a lot of work to do to achieve racial equality and justice in America. Numerous acts of police brutality and a…
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Eastern Michigan University, in collaboration with the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, is bringing a distinguished…
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Eli Savit officially takes over as Washtenaw County's new prosecutor in January 2021 but has already been meeting with community groups and planning major…
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To say that 2020 was a challenging year would be an understatement. The coronavirus pandemic combined with political unrest and reinvigorated calls for…
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With the COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, and a highly volatile election season, 2020 has been a year of discontent. Desiraé Simmons is co-director of…
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A recent study shows African Americans in Washtenaw County are far more likely than white people to be charged with felonies, and sentences tend to be…
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All too often, when public discourse centers on issues of racial equality and justice, the voices we hear from are from white people. Ann Arbor-based NEW…
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Due to recent heightened awareness of racial bias in our country, the "Citizens For Racial Equity in Washtenaw" or "CREW" was formed to examine the local…