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Arab Americans increase their business presence in Detroit
[caption id="attachment_11833" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Helal Farhat and a business partner purchased the Frederick K. Sterns House on East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. The building is listed...
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Fired teacher is collateral damage
[caption id="attachment_11880" align="alignleft" width="144"] Dr. Gregory King, EAA Pershing principal[/caption] Principal re-admits suspended student; fight erupts By Zenobia Jeffries The Michigan...
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Form and substance
Week 57 of the occupation By Shea Howell Special to the Michigan Citizen Last week, the destructive direction for Detroit being pushed by the corporate elite was on full display. In the courtroom,...
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Detroit was important to Malcolm X’s past
[caption id="attachment_11943" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Jamon Jordan COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Malcolm’s message important to Detroit today By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen A...
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‘Twisted Storytellers’ keep reality entertainment real
[caption id="attachment_11947" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Satori Shakoor COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Although less than two years old, the Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers has already been...
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Detroit Raw
Classroom broom By Sam Riddle Special to the Michigan Citizen The EAA should be abolished for firing the teacher who used a broom in an attempt to restore order to her classroom. It is the parents of...
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McConnell Communications celebrates 10 years
[caption id="attachment_11922" align="alignleft" width="288"] Darci E. McConnell[/caption] Firm founded by former reporter taking part in Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses DETROIT — McConnell...
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Ujamaa Food Co-op Buying Club: Save money and display your economic power
[caption id="attachment_11956" align="alignright" width="300"] LEFT: Ujamaa Co-op Buying Club member Tasneem Penn with some of the items she ordered; RIGHT: DBCFSN founding member Kwamena Mensah...
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Detroit Community Markets
Detroit Community Markets (DCM) is a coalition of neighborhood food access outlets that provide additional opportunities for Detroiters to purchase fresh and nutritious food at convenient locations....
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Teens learn to row
[caption id="attachment_11925" align="aligncenter" width="615"] COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] DETROIT — Friends of Detroit Rowing recently announced the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan has...
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Duggan brings ideas for improved employment through DPS
[caption id="attachment_11973" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Mayor Mike Duggan (second from left) visits DPS elected board meeting at Amelia Earhart Middle School. President Lamar Lemmons, member...
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Civic leaders demand Olumba’s ouster
To the Honorable Jase Bolger, Speaker of the House: We, the undersigned, write to you today about the status of John Olumba, the state representative for the 3rd District. We are offended that Mr....
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‘Freedom Rides’ on Belle Isle
http://youtu.be/vbu-KmI7Te0 Group protests racial profiling By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen The Michigan State Police and the Department of Natural Resources have come under scrutiny for...
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‘EAA caught overspending on travel, gas, new furniture’
[caption id="attachment_11993" align="alignleft" width="150"] EAA Chancellor John Covington[/caption] Staff report DETROIT — A “waste and abuse of power,” is what Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lon...
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Keeping control
[caption id="attachment_10238" align="alignleft" width="150"] Curt Guyette[/caption] By Curt Guyette Special to the Michigan Citizen PONTIAC — The debate currently underway in Lansing is focusing on...
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Farrakhan to serenade the Motor City
[caption id="attachment_12043" align="alignright" width="288"] Louis Eugene Wolcott (now Louis Farrakhan) at age 19 in 1953, pictured with Horace Heidt, host of “The American Way” show.[/caption] Louis...
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Detroit Raw
[caption id="attachment_12054" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Riverwalk rocks SAM RIDDLE PHOTO[/caption] Isle dead, Riverwalk rocks By Sam Riddle Special to the Michigan Citizen America is not at...
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Quicken loans hiring 1,000 paid summer interns
Quicken Loans says 13,000 people from across the U.S. have applied to come to Detroit this summer. These would-be Detroiters are vying for 1,000 paid summer internships the mortgage company is offering...
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Michigan fast-food workers join international call for a $15 wage
[caption id="attachment_12183" align="aligncenter" width="504"] Fast food workers strike at McDonald’s on Detroit’s west side. COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Worldwide movement grows with protests in nearly...
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Detroit youth transform their community, challenge others
[caption id="attachment_12201" align="alignleft" width="288"] Hakeem Weatherspoon, a Denby senior COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] By Sandra Turner-Handy Special to the Michigan Citizen Denby High School...
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