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A 26-year-old, pregnant environmental activist is serving a two-year sentence at Michigan’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility right now.But Siwatu-Salama…
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An African American carpenter says he suffered racial discrimination and harassment on the job during the construction of Detroit’s Little Caesar’s…
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We don’t often recognize the implicit biases we all carry.But study after study shows we tend to interact most with people who are like us: people who…
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News media around the world are talking about Detroit’s resurgence.Politicians in the city and the state, such as Gov. Rick Snyder, hype its…
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Elected leaders in Grand Rapids are trying to satisfy critics who say they’re not doing enough to change police policies and outcomes critics say are…
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A new study finds Grand Rapids Police are biased when it comes to pulling over drivers in the city.A study released this week shows black drivers are…
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After being tipped off by a hospital chaplain that it seemed like hospital security was called more for black patients then white patients, Dr. Carmen…
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Back in 2004, researchers found Grand Rapids police officers did not pull black drivers over at higher rates than whites ones.But now, the city is getting…
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By Bill McGraw is a reporter for Bridge Magazine, a Detroit Journalism Cooperative partnerThough their sprawling region had long wrestled with…
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Attitudes about race have been improving in southeast Michigan, but there are still wide gaps on some issues between white people and black people. Those…