The Sixth Church of Christ, Scientist, took up an entire block of Kercheval Avenue on the eastside of Detroit. Across Kercheval, the rubble of crumbled buildings. Across Ashlund on the church’s west side, a parking lot strewn with trash. Wednesday…

A resident assistant tries to break up a brawl between college athletes, but, as a young Black man, he doesn’t want to call the police for help. An eighth grader who is labelled “dangerous” sits in detention, trying to understand the mathematical…