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...
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...
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...
(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...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It has been a long and rocky ride down the economic slope for the Motor City, a city I know...