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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.

Members of Michigan's large Lebanese American community showed up at a rally in metro Detroit to show their support of Lebanon as the conflict in the Middle East escalates.

The National Arab American Convention is bringing together a diverse group of attendees in Dearborn to focus on community engagement and advocacy.

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.

Today, with Vice President Kamala Harris running for president in this upcoming election, can she sway Michigan’s Arab American and Muslim voters. Additionally, two reporters hit the road in a rented EV to test the state’s charging circuit. Then, we hear about a new film that chronicles the collision of the Civil Rights Movement with Detroit’s Olympic bid in 1963.

On today’s episode, we talk with Dearborn’s Mayor about the recent news of Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy, and how the Dearborn community has responded to the news. Additionally, we talk with the host of It’s Been A Minute on how America will respond to a Black female president.

It's Ramadan, which means that many Sudanese Michiganders are enjoying hilo mur, a bright, magenta-colored spiced drink.

New bills regarding birth control accessibility, the inspiration and work of a singer-songwriter based in northern Michigan, a conversation with the Michigan State University Womxn of Color Initiatives' 2024 Artist-in-Residence, and one year of the Dearborn Department of Health.

Analyzing Michigan's "Uncommitted" vote from this week's presidential primary, new ways to connect small farms to city consumers, and celebrating Grand Rapids' Latino history.

A professor's response to yet another vilification of Dearborn, a chef opening up an Afro-fusion restaurant in Detroit, a survivor of the Oxford school shooting's response to the verdict of Jennifer Crumbley's case, and an Everytown for Gun Safety advocate on the implications of that verdict.