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January 4, 2022 Climate change / Family

Going Through Life and Climate Change

By Monique Bedford Editor: Katie Williams I guess I can say that I’m going through a paradigm shift. I’m saying

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December 18, 2021 Climate change

Leave Nothing But Footprints

By Olivia Juliano Editor Katie Williams Growing up, climate change was never something that was talked about in my family,

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November 22, 2021 Climate change

Lake Effect on People

By Bianca Eckert Editor: Katie Williams Within my years in the education system, the effects of global warming have been

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June 8, 2021 Race

Listen and Stop: Racism in the U.S.

By Tony Dombrowski The conversations about race and racism in America have gotten a lot of attention over the last

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March 16, 2021 Family / Healing / Immigration

I Grew Up Fast

By Joeli Alis Santiago Wendy Cheung’s story My name is Wendy Cheung. I was born and raised in Pontiac, Michigan.

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March 9, 2021 Community stories / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Rural

A Little Money and A Couple of Outfits

By Cydney Slinger Ilir Dervishi is well-known for his restaurant business and for being a part of one of the

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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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August 7, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Identity / Race / Religion / Suburban

Culture and Being Biracial

By Adam Conigliaro In Southeast Michigan, a biracial American man faces discrimination from his extended family for his skin pigmentation.

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June 16, 2020 Family / Immigration

From Iraq to Jordan to the U.S., Without Family

By Elaina Joncic Ghaith Al-Musaied is a 22-year-old immigrant from Iraq. Ghaith and his family fled from Iraq to Jordan

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