There’s an effort now to sort of revitalize that, and I hope by telling this story we can remember the incredible importance ...

Candidates include councilman Mike McGuiness; former councilman and Oakland Forward director Kermit Williams, Sheriff’s ...

The Detroit alumni chapter presented a Michigan Morehouse scholarship worth $12,000 in honor of William “Bill McGill, who helped raise millions for the school while helping other Black Detroiters ...

The heat is not just creeping in—it’s already here, and Detroit isn’t waiting to act. With weekend forecasts showing ...

Voters in District 5 will elect a new council person for the first time since 2013, when City Council president Mary Sheffield became the youngest person ever elected to the body. The district spans ...

A date that speaks of freedom delayed. On that day, Union Army General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced what should have already been a reality. The Emancipation Proclamation, ...

How Detroit Roots, Collard Greens, and Bronze Coins Ground a Powerful Artistic Collaboration Through Art and Ancestry ...

And as Michigan’s State Superintendent Dr. Michael F. Rice prepares to step away from his role, he’s making it clear: public schools are making gains, but they cannot sustain them without real support ...

The Tenant Empowerment Package, made up of four bills, aims to confront Michigan’s rental housing crisis by establishing ...

1968— The United States Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. The deci­sion came in a case known as Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. The court used as its precedent ...

In partnership with the Detroit Lions, Comerica Bank spearheaded a large-scale community cleanup initiative on June 10, ...

There’s a debate over African Americans’ role in defending noncitizen migrants facing the threat of removal during President ...