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Many Palestinians in the U.S. feel a deep connection to their ancestral land. That pull has become more poignant with Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Michigan Public talked with four Palestinians living in Michigan about how they’re thinking about their ethnic and national identities right now.

Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of Iran’s morality police in September. Since then protests have spread across the country. Here in Michigan, there have been local protests to show solidarity with protesters in Iran.

Several Grand Rapids residents spoke in favor of proposed changes to a civil rights ordinance at a public meeting Tuesday night.One change to the…

Most Michigan residents can get a copy of their birth certificates within weeks by simply placing an order online. But for Detroit native Rudy Owens,…

We’ve got an update now on the story of a young Saudi Arabian man who was accepted to Western Michigan University back in 2013, but was arrested by the…

How do you get students to really appreciate history?One powerful way is to get those students out of the classroom and take them to historic sites,…

There’s been lots of debate over the past few days about the political wisdom of going ahead in Michigan with a couple of ballot campaigns after similar…

The Human Rights Campaign has issued this year's Municipal Equality Index, which measures how LGBT-friendly cities are.Michigan's results are rather…

By now everyone knows, or at least thinks they know, something about Michael Brown. He was, of course, the unarmed black teenager shot to death by a white…

The people who run Detroit’s water system faced fierce criticism Wednesday, after the United Nations issued a statement calling the city’s mass water…