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March 30, 2021 Family / Gender / Immigration / Rural / Urban

Beyond Challenges to a Better Life

By Jona Ndoj Alketa Ndoj’s story I was born in a little village called Lura hidden between the mountains in

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March 2, 2021 Community stories / Family / Race / Urban

Inequality in Education, Working Harder

By Joe Popis  Semaj Shelton is a student-athlete at the University of Detroit Mercy. In the future, he plans on

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February 9, 2021 Community stories / Intersectionality / Race / Suburban / Urban

From College Dropout to College Counselor

By Theresa Kennedy “Who is this with you?” asked the judge.   “My counselor,” replied the young man.  “Your therapist?”   “No,

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December 31, 2019 Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Religion / Rural / Urban

Learning the “Immigrant Way”

By Isabella Lucci A first generation American, Sonia Lucci has made quite the career and family for herself. She graduated

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November 14, 2019 Family / Identity / Immigration / Urban

Open-Door Policy in Corktown

By Eileen LeValley My name is Eileen LeValley. I grew up in historical “Corktown” in Detroit, Michigan. My grandfather came

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March 19, 2019 Family / Identity / Race / Urban

Be Anything

Matthew Zeig interviewed senior recruitment advisor Brittany Thomas about diversity and her life journey. She shared her experience learning that

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February 5, 2019 Family / Suburban / Urban

Three Families

Three Oakland University students describe their families. Interviewed by fellow classmates in a journalism class in the Fall 2018 semester,

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