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A new book examines how federal government policies made it easier for minorities to open fast-food franchises than grocery stores. Today the landscape of urban America reflects this history.

Seven years after the subprime mortgage crisis, the U.S. economy has not yet fully recovered. Now two economists have come up with new evidence about what's holding the economy back.

The Next IdeaAround the world, Michigan is known as a state that makes things. And the way we make things is about to undergo a massive shift – so…

The Muskegon port could be expanded to accommodate for larger cargo. The port is one of the only naturally occurring deep water ports, which makes it…

And, what the adults in their lives should do about it.

A research expedition recently set sail from Chicago to search for a Great Lakes garbage patch.So-called "garbage patches" or islands are actually…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan has cited an energy company for spilling 300 to 400 gallons of water and brine into the ground on the site of a fracking…

From the waste-not ethos behind Angel Food Cake, to the science fads that sparked chocolate cake, American Cake tells a story of immigration and ingenuity.

Lansing Board of Water & Light officials sat down with first responders this morning to discuss ways to improve their communication.An ice storm last…

Conventional wisdom is that income inequality has gotten worse in the years since the financial crisis, but new research by a George Washington University professor says that's not what the data show.