Detroit-based businesses call on city leadership to support Community...
Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce The Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (MBCC), with access to more than 72,561 African American businesses in Michigan and 32,490 in the city of Detroit,...
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[caption id="attachment_15194" align="alignleft" width="222" class=" "] Judge Roy L. Roulhac[/caption] A Celebration of Life remembering the Honorable Roy L. Roulhac will be held Nov. 15, 2014 at the...
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Media pass for Snyder’s other Michigan Special to The Michigan Citizen Mainstream Michigan media is portraying the save-the-DIA-artwork Detroit bankruptcy as the political Hail Mary of the century,...
View ArticleProminent scholar to address complexities of teaching in urban settings
Best-selling author, critic and educator, Professor David E. Kirkland will deliver the keynote address during the Leonard Kaplan Education Collaborative for Critical Urban Studies’ inaugural lecture...
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No holiday joy for other Detroit As that big azz Christmas tree is fired up in Campus Martius, be aware there is not a lot of holiday joy in the other Detroit that the Snyder/Gilbertville PR machines...
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Obama stands alone A president that was able to deliver healthcare for millions of Americans who had no care options now stands in a political no man’s land as he opposes the big oil Keystone pipeline...
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These are the good old days For activists and non-activists who object to injustice, these are the good old days. The beauty of it all — they who would shut down worldwide protests against murderous...
View ArticleEnvironmental journalists explore Detroit River recovery, regional pollution...
By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen In October, The Institute of Journalism and Natural Resources and the Detroit River Institute hosted an environmental journalism training session for...
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Be ready You are a mind-boggling people. In Detroit, you have discovered Nolan Finley of the Detroit News who dared ask in America’s Blackest and poorest city; “Where are the Black people?” KMA. The...
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Citizen sprouts seeds We have only so many heartbeats left before we move on. Nothing makes me more aware of how many heartbeats I may have left than a recent VA checkup that included ascertaining how...
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