Young voters aren’t always politicians' first priority. But in a presidential race this tight—maybe they should be. We asked people in Gen Z what it means for them to have a seat at the political table. And we looked at how young people are using their voices, and their votes, to create political change.

Virtually 100% of babies in Flint are receiving up to $7,500 in cash aid, no strings attached. Now, that program is trying to expand to more Michigan communities, including the rural eastern Upper Peninsula. But first, they have to raise millions in private funding.

Michigan’s Lebanese-American community is reeling as violence spreads in the Middle East. The scale of Israel’s exponential escalation of war with Hezbollah in Lebanon is hard to fathom as yet more civilians have been caught in the middle. Journalist Razi Jafri has spent the past many months following the personal and political change happening in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, and Hamtramck - communities in Michigan that have high populations of Arab Americans.

The Wayne County prosecutor says there's insufficient evidence to charge protesters arrested when officers cleared an encampment at Wayne State in support of Palestinians.

MSU football's 1965 and '66 teams were the first in the country to fully integrate. They were also among the first to recruit Black players from the south. On the heels of those team's induction to MSU's Athletics Hall of Fame, the "Teams of the Century" documentary heard from players, coaches, and students from those pivotal years of MSU football to learn how their stories built an enduring legacy.

We explore how dissatisfaction with President Biden's handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict fueled the rise of the Uncommitted National Movement, led by the organization Listen to Michigan.

Supporters of the “uncommitted” protest-vote movement could play a big role in the DNC. Protests are expected outside and possibly inside the Chicago arena.

Although there are no state senate elections this year, a new map of the Metro Detroit area has been submitted for review. Additionally, we hear about the competing reactions to the building of a new copper mine in the Western Upper Peninsula. Plus, a conversation with two professors about their recent book on Black women and how higher educational spaces have treated them.

Landlords would be barred from discriminating against tenants or prospective tenants who use housing vouchers or other types of public assistance to pay the rent under bills adopted by the Legislature.

Today, Grand Rapids-based activist Aly Bates on the community mood following two recent officer-involved deaths in the city. Also, a conversation with the GR police chief about use-of-force concerns. After that, we meet a retired chemist whose brush with death inspired new bluegrass music. And, a new book about how the US immigration system has shifted away from its 20th-century human rights focus.