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Governor DeWine Announces Nearly $5 Million to Enhance Support for Human Trafficking Survivors
February 16, 2024 (COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today announced more than $4.6 million in funding to help victim service agencies meet the needs of human trafficking survivors. Thirty nonprofit…
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Pro-Palestinian Protestors Swarm UW Station Despite Potential I-5 Shutdown Charges
By Karina Vargas, KOMO News ReporterMon, February 12th 2024 at 9:34 PM Updated Tue, February 13th 2024 at 10:58 PM SEATTLE — More calls for an end to the war between Israel and…
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Senators Ask CEOs Why Their Drugs Cost So Much More in the U.S.
FEBRUARY 8, 20245:35 PM ET (HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED) By Sydney Lupkin Sparks flew on Capitol Hill Thursday as the CEOs of three drug companies faced questions from the Senate Committee…
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Cities Know That the Way Police Respond to Mental Crisis Calls Must Change. But How?
By Nicole Leonard, WHYY and Kate Wolffe, CapRadio and Simone Popperl FEBRUARY 8, 2024 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by…
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What Michigan parents need to know about the ‘science of reading’
By Hannah Dellinger On February 5, 2024 When Michele Maleszyk’s daughter came home from kindergarten last year, Maleszyk noticed she brought home reading material with letter patterns she hadn’t been…
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United Way, Ballmer Group looking to offer free summer school for Detroit students
By Micah Walker On January 31, 2024 After a scaled back summer school program last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District may have more to offer students in 2024 thanks to…
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‘Blatantly racist’: Michigan Democrats condemn GOP lawmaker’s ‘great replacement’ post
By Beth LeBlanc On February 10, 2024 Lansing — Democratic lawmakers are condemning a social media post from Republican state Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford that promoted “the great replacement” theory,…
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Penn Museum hosts burial service for 19 unidentified Black Philadelphians, causes community dispute
On February 9, 2024 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — For decades, the University of Pennsylvania has held hundreds of skulls that once were used to promote white supremacy through racist scientific research. As part…
Read MoreWayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
By Christopher Weber On February 9, 2024 LOS ANGELES — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from musicians praising the MC5 guitarist’s contributions to rock…
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