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REDLINING & HEALTH: The racially discriminatory practice of redlining neighborhoods does more than push up residents’ cost of insurance, mortgages and other financial services. It also worsens …
HEALTH OUTCOMES: Michigan ranks below average overall in health outcomes such as life expectancy and disease prevalence, a new Citizens Research Council report says. Reasons include accessibility and …
BUILDING DIVERSITY: DEI efforts are expanding at private colleges and universities with an emphasis on recruiting and retaining minority students. Some are now majority-minority institutions with …
BENTON HARBOR WATER: Lead lines are gone, but clean water remains a luxury in Benton Harbor, where residents have been inundated with challenges facing their water system for years: Lead in pipes. …
WILD RICE: Tribes across the state, including the Nottawaseppi Band of Huron Potawatomi in Kalamazoo County and the Bay Mills Indian Community in the U.P. are restoring beds of wild rice, a …