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Thursday night's congressional hearing on the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was aired on news stations around the country. But this is not the first time that Congress has investigated threats to the country.

Have you heard of the goiter belt? Michigan used to be “smack dab in the middle” of it.

Cultural references to passing have been around for a long time. But recent works like the Rebecca Hall’s film adaptation of Nella Larsen’s book, Passing, have brought it back to the forefront. Today, we talk about the contexts that have caused this narrative to recur across the centuries.

Hockey legend Taffy Abel was the first Native American winter Olympian and the NHL's first Indigenous player. For nearly a century, his heritage remained hidden in plain sight.

As the Omicron variant continues to spread across Michigan, a superintendent and a professor of public health join us to discuss COVID in schools and updated pandemic policies. Also, we take a look back into the rich history of hockey in Michigan.

If you’ve ever worked in a restaurant, you’ve most likely heard the term “86” yelled at you from the kitchen. In the restaurant industry, the term is used…

The state of Michigan owns public parks, roads, buildings, and even some historic artifacts. Among those artifacts are the original architectural drawings…

The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways Smokey's message may have worked too well. Here's how he's changed.

If you aren’t one of the countless people who’ve seen, listened to, and obsessed over Hamilton, you've probably at least heard of it.Lin-Manuel Miranda's…

Update, February 1, 2019, 10:26 a.m.:Deadline Detroit reported Thursday that Dearborn Mayor Jack O'Reilly, who refused to send out the issue of The…