Kimberly Hayes Taylor, THE GRIO DETROIT (TheGrio.com) — Civil Rights Activist Myrlie Evers-Williams remembers a bustling, thriving Detroit when she visited her father decades...
(Bloomberg) — Cindy Gresham paid $6,000 cash in 2010 for her Tudor-style house on Detroit’s west side for herself and three children. Now she probably...
(USA Today) – The power failure that plunged Detroit’s schools, fire stations, traffic signals and public buildings into darkness Tuesday reflects a larger problem of...
by Curt Guyette Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen The grins stretched from ear to ear, and the hugs and back-patting were plentiful. Emergency...
Matt Helms, DETROIT FREE PRESS DETROIT (Detroit Free Press)—The oversight board that will monitor Detroit’s finances after the city officially emerges from bankruptcy has established...
PART II by Zenobia Jeffries Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen There is a racial imbalance to opportunity and outcome in Detroit’s revitalization a...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The largest U.S. city to endure bankruptcy has exited insolvency $7 billion lighter in debt, but the effects of...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Friday approved Detroit’s plan to get out of bankruptcy, ending the largest public filing in U.S....
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s chief financial officer acknowledged Thursday that officials may have to make “adjustments” to a plan aimed at reducing...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Opening arguments in Detroit’s historic bankruptcy trial are expected to begin Tuesday afternoon in federal court, where lawyers for...
(Daily Mail) – These eerie pictures shows some of the nearly 40,000 abandoned or empty buildings in Detroit, as they wait to be either demolished or...
DETROIT (Fox Business) – A year after filing for bankruptcy, Detroit is building momentum to get out, especially after workers and retirees voted in favor...
(USA Today) DETROIT — Michigan’s governor will travel Friday to the former Globe Trading Co. building on Detroit’s waterfront to sign a package of bills...
(Bloomberg) – Clearing Detroit’s vacant and decaying properties would cost about $2 billion, according to the first detailed blight census of the bankrupt city. The Detroit...
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group supported by the Koch brothers, has launched an effort to torpedo...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist I remember when Vice President Dan Quayle said we should be glad that foreigners are buying properties and land in our...
by T. Kelly and Zenobia Jeffries Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen DETROIT — Gov. Rick Snyder’s determination to have Detroit under emergency management;...
by COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — When Mike Duggan recites the oath of office in January as Detroit’s first white mayor in four decades,...
by Bankole Thompson Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle There is a dearth of political and civic leadership in this town which makes me wonder...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist You don’t have to be from Detroit to be angry at what is happening there. And you don’t have to be from...
