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When Does the Human Brain Peak? Here's What Scientists Actually Know About Cognitive Decline

If this presidential cycle has unified us on anything, it might be that cognitive decline is a hard thing to talk about. It seems at once fair game to ask about an impossible thing to answer: How well does the brain fair with age?

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Why the cost of water for poor Black Detroit voters may be key to Kamala Harris winning – or losing – Michigan

The threat of violence was in the air at the TCF Center in Detroit on Nov. 5, 2020, after former President Donald Trump claimed that poll workers in the city were duplicating ballots and that there was an unexplained delay in delivering them for counting.

The Conversation

Police Dismantle Pro-Palestinian Encampment At Wayne State University

Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University following student protests against Israel. Similar camps in the U.S. and Europe call ...

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Police begin dismantling pro-Palestinian camp at Wayne State University in Detroit

Police have begun dismantling a pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit two days after the school suspended in-person classes and encouraged staff to work remotely

The Independent UK

College in Detroit suspends in-person classes because of pro-Palestinian camp

Wayne State University in Detroit has suspended in-person classes and encouraged staff to work remotely

The Independent UK

Many in Michigan don't know how — or whether — they'll vote in the general election

NPR spoke to autoworkers, college students and Black churchgoers in the Detroit area about the general election. Many aren't excited about their likely choices, with some unsure they'll vote at all.

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United Auto Workers union hails strike-ending deals with automakers that would raise top assembly-plant hourly pay to more than $40 as 'record contracts'

The United Auto Workers union agreed on a tentative new contract with General Motors on Oct. 30, 2023, days after landing similar deals with Ford Motor Co. on Oct. 25 and Stellantis, the global automaker that makes Chrysler, Dodge and Ram vehicles in North America, on Oct. 28. The pending…

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Anti-Reagan cartoons and a jacket from Cesar Chavez: inside the UAW archive

As the United Autoworkers strike continues, the collection tells the story of organizing – and how little has changed

The Guardian - US

Rodriguez obituary

Singer-songwriter who rose to international stardom as the subject of the film Searching for Sugar Man

The Guardian - UK

US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture U.S.-made vehicles, kicked off in mid-July 2023 the labor negotiations it undergoes every four years with the three main unionized automakers.

The Conversation

U.S. maternal mortality rates too high

Those numbers reflect a worldwide problem, but the U.S. in particular has an abysmal record

Salon

Wayne State suspends professor about 'reprehensible' social media post

DETROIT — Wayne State University suspended a professor with pay Monday for allegedly advocating in a social media post that people would be justified in murdering certain individuals with whom they disagree rather than "shouting down" them.

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Professor Suggests Murder as Alternative to Shouting Down Speakers

An English professor at Wayne State University apparently had an overheated reaction to the fiasco at Stanford Law School. He thought the protesters did not go far enough, and he took to Facebook to say so. "I think it is far more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic…

Reason

US government is trying to give ferrets Havana Syndrome to figure out what mystery illness is

Former intelligence official says research being conducted means Defence Department has ‘extremely solid science’

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The Conversation

Is it time for teachers to get a raise?

In his 2023 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for public school teachers to get a raise but offered no specifics on how that could be done. Here, Michael Addonizio, an education policy expert at Wayne State University, provides insight on the current state of teacher salaries,…

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Ex-Giant Tyrone Wheatley hired as Wayne State head coach

Former New York Giants RB Tyrone Wheatley has been hired as the next head coach at Wayne State University.

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Broncos RBs coach Tyrone Wheatley leaves team to coach college program

Broncos RBs coach Tyrone Wheatley has left the team to become the head coach of Wayne State University.

The Conversation

Everyday African American Vernacular English is a dialect born from conflict and creativity

Dr. Walter Edwards is a professor of linguistics at Wayne State University, Michigan, where he teaches courses on African American Vernacular English, sociolinguistics and American dialects. Until Aug. 31, 2022, he was also the director of the Humanities Center at Wayne State. Below are highlights from interviews with The Conversation…

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Michigan Grants $20M To Universities For FDA-Approved Marijuana Studies For Veterans

Michigan's Cannabis Regulatory Agency has recommended giving $20 million in grants to two universities — Wayne State University and the University of Michigan

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