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MLK Day: Where does that dream stand? Are we closer to making it a reality?
Read full article: MLK Day: Where does that dream stand? Are we closer to making it a reality?The annual freedom walk in Westland this morning, likely no real difference from the many events to commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Experts put the ballot count protests at TCF Center in Detroit into perspective
Read full article: Experts put the ballot count protests at TCF Center in Detroit into perspectiveIn Arizona, as Joe Biden’s lead began to dwindle, Trump supporters showed up and chanted, “continue the count.”Local 4 spoke to Oakland University professors Dave Dulio, the director of Civic Engagement and professor of political science and professor Erin Dwyer from the Department of History. Dulio said he believes the chanters misspoke and meant to address the president’s unfounded assertion that there were not enough Republican observers watching the count. “You’re not seeing internal consistency,” she said. “You’re seeing a different problem.”She spoke to some of her friends who were in the building at the time and said this was not about continuing democracy, but interrupting it. “Yelling racial epithets at people in that building.”