The 1960s were a time of rising social tension throughout The United States. Racial conflicts and anti-Vietnam War sentiments were especially high in Detroit.

In April 2015, 25-year-old African American Baltimore resident Freddie Gray died from injuries sustained while in police custody.

In January of this year, the Supreme Court made retroactive a 2012 ruling striking down mandatory life sentences without parole for juveniles.

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While Henry Ford College’s deaf community consists of a small number of students, interest in American Sign Language (ASL) and deaf culture has been steadily growing. Last fall semester, ASL classes 1, 2, and 3 were added to the school’s curriculum.

A small unopened box arrived from Amazon one school morning. Spain Elementary School counselors, Lakia Wilson and Samantha Hoskin, wondered what it was before indifferently cutting a line across the opening.

Two relatively new companies Uber, and Lyft, founded in 2009 and 2012 respectively, have revolutionized public transportation by offering jobs and affordable transportation alternatives.

Personal autonomy, the ethical principle of a person’s right to control their own body, has been a guiding principle in the United States since the abolition of slavery.

Though attention has been focused on the national primaries, the Democratic primary for Michigan’s 15th State House District demonstrates that local races can be just as heated.

In 2013 a major budget crises consumed Henry Ford Community College with $12M dollars in debt and was on the brink of shutting down.