Ethnic Heritage Celebrated in Grand Rapids

More than 20 West Michigan ethnicities were displayed at the DTE Ethnic Heritage Festival Saturday at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

UM alumni group funds 113 with scholarships to boost diversity

Sherri Welch - There's been a quiet effort to increase diversity at the University of Michigan with scholarship funding.

Banning Books in Tucson

Right-wing white politicians in Arizona have struck back at ethnic-studies programs in Tucson public schools by banning books that teach children about white oppression of Native Americans and Chicanos, a decision that Dennis J. Bernstein discussed with Carlos Muñoz, a pioneer of such scholarship.

Nathan Yip Foundation gala rings in Chinese New Year celebrations

Chinese New Year celebrations typically begin with a lion or dragon dance and a "toss to prosperity," in which the guests at a dinner table use their chopsticks to send shards of lettuce and

Change In Chelsea

For thousands of daily commuters over the Tobin Bridge, Chelsea is just a fleeting glimpse of a tiny, tightly-packed little city under the bridge. Which drivers are happy to drive by, rather than live in.