From Viral Videos to FBI Raids: Why Dearborn Is Drawing National Attention

A closer look at viral videos, FBI terrorism arrests, political backlash, and the cultural tensions putting Dearborn in the national spotlight.

DEARBORN, Mich. – Before Minneapolis, YouTube reporter Nick Shirley walked through the city of Dearborn as Muslim men yelled, “Allahu Akbar.”

Shirley was in town in November, about six weeks before he would break the childcare fraud scandal in Minnesota that brought down Gov. Tim Walz.

“I have a question for you guys,” Shirley asked a young group of Arab …