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Detroit and Flint teens cope with stress, trauma (opens the original)
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Detroit and Flint teens are struggling with their mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’By Crystal Cederna, Michigan State University<source
Illegal evictions harm Black moms and babies in metro Detroit (opens the original)
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Black moms and pregnant women forced out of their homes in metro Detroit face health and safety threatsBy Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State University<source type="ima
Michigan school districts serve more students in need now than 30 years ago (opens the original)
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Michigan officials express confidence in running accurate elections this November (opens the original)
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What El-Sayed will face in the general election for Michigan Senate (opens the original)
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