Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
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DETROIT - Detroit is known as one of the most poverty stricken large urban areas in the United States. And according to the 2000 U.S. Census, Detroit has the highest percentage of Black people in cities with a population of 100,000 or more. The racial fears and hatreds which culminated in defacto and dejure segregation and redlining has its genesis in the institution of chattel slavery which was legal in the U.S. for most of its history. In the first three decades of the 20 th century, Blacks tr...
U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda (CA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, along with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment, convened a field hearing in Detroit on September 16 at the Kemeny Recreation Center in Detroit. The hearing began at 2:00 p.m. and featured a gymnasium packed with residents eager to hear subcommittee member and witness testimony. The hearing was titled, "Environmental Injustice: Exploring Inequities in Air and Water Quality in Michigan...
For a school district to run properly, all parts must function in synchronicity. The district can be a constant cycle of change. Policies change, teachers retire, administrators find new jobs. One thing is consistent in every schoolhouse across the world. There will be hungry kids, who require the proper nutrition to start and finish the day. At times, the kitchen department can get lost in the shuffle of public school politics. Valencia Smith has seen the highs, the lows, and best eras of...
TAYLOR, – A tie-breaker determined the championship of the 11th annual Par for the Course fundraising golf outing at Taylor Meadows Golf Club. The foursome of Brian Whitley, Michael Johnson, Matt Kowalczyk and Brian Welsh shot a 15-under-par 57 for the 18-hole scramble – the same score as the team of Chuck Stephenson, Scott Kemp, Shawn Lewis and Tom Downs. Tournament officials compared the teams' scores in the four toughest holes and determined Whitley, Johnson, Kowalczyk and Welsh – all spons...
Wayne County Commissioners on Thursday adopted a $1.63 billion county operating budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year. The new budget represents a decrease from the current year's $1.66 billion amended budget, which expires Sept. 30. The budget is balanced for the fifth consecutive year and includes a surplus of $5.7 million. The 2019-20 budget reflects an increase of just under $11.5 million in property tax collections and an expected increase of $2.1 million in state revenue sharing. "The good ne...
WASHINGTON – Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement on the formal impeachment inquiry of Donald J. Trump: "I am supportive of the leadership of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has united the Democratic Caucus and has formalized an impeachment inquiry of the current President of the United States. Donald Trump has admitted to abusing the power of the presidency by asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation into his political opponent in order to g...
DEARBORN - An inaugural event to raise awareness about suicide will be coming to the University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus on Wednesday, October 2. The event, called "Be the Light: An Evening of Suicide Awareness," will run from 5 to 8 p.m. and will be held at the Fairlane Center North, located at 19000 Hubbard Drive, east of Evergreen Road. The free event is open to everyone. Co-organizer, Elissa Gonzalez says the event's goal is "To raise awareness and to give people tools to handle any...
A "complex and punitive regulatory scheme." These are the words a federal judge used this past week when she issued an injunction to stop implementation of a Tennessee law that would have made voter registration drives unnecessarily burdensome. The ruling was in response to lawsuits supported by the NAACP's Tennessee State Conference that challenged the law for what it is-state-sanctioned voter suppression. This victory is a major win in our ongoing fight to protect Black voters and voters from...
