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Is Detroit artist Jonathan Harris on his way to going viral again?
His ‘Critical Race Theory’ painting received worldwide acclaim, and work for his upcoming solo show looks just as controversial
By Randiah Camille Green
Tags: Arts, Arts Spotlight, Jonathan Harris, Critical Race Theory, Detroit artist, visual art, Artist of the Week, Liberal Arts Gallery
Opinion: Detroit’s Birwood Wall is exactly why CRT should be taught in schools
The concrete wall on Eight Mile and Wyoming received a historic marker
By Alex Washington
Tags: Metro Detroit News, Views & Opinions, CRT, Birwood Wall, Critical Race Theory, Historic Marker, Mike Duggan, Mayor Duggan, Mayor Mike Duggan, City of Detroit
Dispute with Irwin House Gallery looms over new exhibit by Detroit artist Jonathan Harris
The art gallery alleges he still owes them commission for his viral ‘Critical Race Theory’ painting
Tags: Arts Stories & Interviews, Jonathan Harris, Irwin House, Art Stories & Interviews, Arts & Culture, Critical Race Theory
State Senate Democrats walk out of hearing over bill to ban teaching about systemic racism
Critics say the bill would prevent teachers from discussing the impact of racism
By Steve Neavling
Tags: Politics & Elections, Politics & Elections, Schools, teachers, State Senate, Dayne Polehanki, Erika Geiss, Critical race theory, racism, Republicans
Banning abortion and critical race theory will hurt Black women
The high level of maternal mortality is a product of something Republicans say doesn’t exist: systemic racism
By Jeffrey C. Billman
Tags: Informed Dissent, Informed Dissent, Abortion Rights, Black women, systemic racism, maternal mortality, critical race theory
Michigan private school apologizes for assignment that compares Obama to monkeys
The Roeper School in Birmingham called the incident ‘a disturbing racial offense’
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Roeper School, Birmingham, Michigan, Detroit, critical race theory, Barack Obama, racism
Critical Race Theory isn’t the problem. The Great Replacement Theory is.
While the GOP has invented panics about CRT, the racist ideology they helped mainstream inspired the Buffalo massacre
Tags: Informed Dissent, Informed Dissent, Buffalo, Great Replacement Theory, Critical Race Theory, GOP, Republicans, Trump's America
Michigan GOP Senator condemned for falsely claiming Dems want to ‘groom and sexualize kindergartners’
Sen. Theis sounded like a QAnon nut in her diatribe about Democrats
Tags: Politics & Elections, Michigan, State Senate, Mallor McMorrow, Lana Theis, Republicans, hate, LGBTQ+, school, education, fundraising, politics, election, critical race theory
KBJ and CRT
A Black woman with impeccable credentials was nominated to the Supreme Court — and that institution’s gatekeepers nearly flipped the table. Sound familiar?
By Abdul El-Sayed
Tags: The Incision, Ketanji Brown Jackson, U.S. Supreme Court, critical race theory, Republicans
State school superintendent: ‘You can’t separate history from history’
By Allison Donahue, Michigan Advance
Tags: Michigan News, critical race theory, CRT
Good guys don’t ban books. Of course, you only know that if you read books.
Tags: Informed Dissent, Republicans, GOP, banned books, critical race theory, CRT, Video
State education board passes measure countering GOP’s ‘critical race theory’ bills
Tags: michigan advance, critical race theory, michigan board of education, detroit public schools
Detroit artist Jonathan Harris strikes a nerve around the world with ‘Critical Race Theory’ painting
By Omo Misha
Tags: Critical race theory, Detroit, Jonathan Harris, Irwin House
Michigan House Education panel passes bill essentially banning ‘critical race theory'
Tags: critical race theory, Michigan, Republicans
Michigan teacher says he was 'censored' for telling class '[America] is a country built on lies'
Tags: critical race theory, Michigan, Upper Peninsula
What conservatives really fear about critical race theory
Tags: Informed Dissent, GOP, Republicans, critical race theory, Video
Republican senator wants critical race theory out of Michigan schools
Tags: Critical race theory, 1619 Project, race, discrimination, racism, Lana Theis, State Senate, education
Netflix is still looking for Detroit ‘Love is Blind’ contestants
Tigers fixing up run-down Comerica Park ahead of Opening Day with $30M investment
Royal Oak’s Hideaway has been transformed into the bar from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
By Layla McMurtrie