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On today's Stateside, an update on the Oxford community as they grapple with the 2021 mass shooting at Oxford High School. Then, a conversation with the author of "Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance," and the mystery of a biofluorescent mammal.
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The Next IdeaBudget cuts for school districts are increasingly a way of life. Often, the first things to go when money gets tight are music and art…
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The Next Idea Get kids started at an early age with the arts and the payoff could be better math, science and literacy skills, in addition to better…
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The Lion King opened on Broadway in November 1997. Nearly 20 years later it’s still going strong. The musical returns to the Detroit Opera House this…
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The Next IdeaIn his recent op-ed piece in the Financial Times, “Europe is a continent that has run out of ideas,” Economics Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps…
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The Next IdeaIn 2009, the headline of a Time magazine cover story read “The Tragedy of Detroit” with a shadowy photo of a blighted factory in the…
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An entire generation of fifth graders is contemplating a big decision as the school year comes to an end: "What instrument should I play next year in…
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Recently, industrial designer Jeff DeBoerwrote an essay for The Next Idea raising the idea of making Michigan "the design Mecca of the world."And he…
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A Michigan State University professor is using ambigrams to explore creative ways of thinking and playing. "Ambigram is a way of writing words so they can…
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The subject of diversity in the performing arts takes center stage in Detroit this weekend at the 2015 SphinxCon.The annual conference is hosted by the…