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Stateside: Reopening schools debate; systemic racism in the arts; UM athlete sexual abuse claims
Today on Stateside, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been vocal about her decision to only reopen schools if public health officials agree it is safe. What are the discussions happening between the Governor and the Republic led legislature regarding schools and education funding? Plus a conversation with former DIA and MOCAD employees about systemic racism in art institutions. Also, we spoke with the reporter who wrote about U-M football star Jon Vaughn’s story of survival in “an ecosystem of abuse.”