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Water, dispossession and resistance
Week 62 of the occupation By Shea Howell Special to The Michigan Citizen Water is a basic human right. That was the strong message sent to the Detroit Works/Detroit Future project during the...
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THE SWEET TASTE OF SUCCESS
[caption id="attachment_12499" align="aligncenter" width="432"] Aniya Floyd, Sophia Johnson and Kamyria McGhee (L-R)COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Aniya Floyd, Sophia Johnson and Kamyria McGhee (L-R) opened...
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Lagos spices up local food scene
[caption id="attachment_12515" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Writer/editor Emell Adolphus (left) digs in. PHREDDY WISCHUSEN PHOTO[/caption] Nigerian entrepreneur brings his native cuisine to Detroit...
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Work in Detroit
[caption id="attachment_12502" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Lodge court fees workers STAFF PHOTOS[/caption] Staff report On June 5 and 6, in three different areas of the city, three types of public...
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Allied Media Conference gathers grassroots on Wayne State campus
[caption id="attachment_12527" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Allied Media Conference 2013 COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen The 16th annual Allied Media...
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Detroit’s Hispanic business community weathering time of economic crisis
Ethnic and minority newspapers explore Detroit bankruptcy, recovery By Cecilia Híjar Latino Press The Latino Press explored the effects of the current economic crisis in Detroit on the business...
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Detroit historian to lecture on Hastings Street
Preserving Black Bottom stories and music By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen Preservation Detroit’s Third Friday Lecture Series, highlighting the rich cultural history of the people and...
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SBDA hosts annual event
DETROIT — The Southwest Detroit Business Association will host its annual Community Investment Breakfast from 7:30 – 9:30 a.m., June 19, at MotorCity Casino Hotel’s Sound Board located at 2901 Grand...
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River Days brings stars Keith Sweat, Mary Mary, Blackstreet to Motor City
[caption id="attachment_12518" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Mary Mary Keith Sweat , members of BlackstreetCOURTESY PHOTOS[/caption] Local students from the Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences...
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EAA takes up declining revenues, pink-slips 99
[caption id="attachment_9766" align="alignright" width="262"] John Covington[/caption] By T. Kelly The Michigan Citizen DETROIT—Expecting a continuing drop in enrollment, the Education Achievement...
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Detroit Raw
[caption id="attachment_12620" align="alignright" width="300"] Sam does Joe stepsCOURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Riverwalk for health By Sam Riddle Special to the Michigan Citizen Over a year ago I wrote the...
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On the water front: The struggle for water in Michigan’s Black cities
[caption id="attachment_12606" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Highland Park residents in scene from “The Water Front” COURTESY IMAGE[/caption] Part 1 of 3 By Curt Guyette Special to the Michigan...
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Highland Park valedictorian chooses Spelman
[caption id="attachment_12627" align="alignleft" width="288"] Lea Rogers[/caption] Lea Rogers is the 2014 valedictorian of Highland Park Renaissance Academy where she excelled academically and was also...
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Downtown Boxing Gym student takes home top honors at Junior Olympics
[caption id="attachment_12661" align="alignleft" width="231"] Janelson Figueroa[/caption] DETROIT — Downtown Boxing Gym’s Janelson Figueroa is the 2014 Junior Olympics National Champion. Competing in...
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Rev. Ed Rowe, senior pastor of Central United Methodist Church Detroit, will...
[caption id="attachment_12624" align="alignright" width="277"] Rev. Edwin A. RoweDAYMON J. HARTLEY PHOTO[/caption] Rev. Edwin A. (Ed) Rowe will preach his last sermon at the 10:30 worship service, June...
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Rowing connects Detroit youth with fitness, the environment and big...
[caption id="attachment_12657" align="aligncenter" width="615"] (Front to back) Khymaya Perkins, Gabrielle Treadwell, Temperance Gaines-Perkins and DWRA founder Renee Adams Schulte take out a “quad.”...
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ACLU to Detroit: Fireworks curfew violates the rights of young people and...
[caption id="attachment_12686" align="alignleft" width="231"] Detroit Fireworks[/caption] DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan sent a letter to Detroit officials June 19, urging...
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From Nairobi, Kenya to Detroit: Anything is possible!
By David Butty Somewhere in the Great Lakes Region in East Africa, lies the country of Kenya. Most people know Kenya as home of long distance runners, while others think of it as a vacationing spot...
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Wayne State Farmers Market supports healthy diets
[caption id="attachment_12646" align="alignright" width="300"] WSU Farmers Market 2014: D-Town volunteers (from left to right): Janet Seevers, Jackie Hunt and Doris Beery sell produce and offer...
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Global photographer helps local politician
[caption id="attachment_12636" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Monica Morgan poses with youth COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Staff report Photojournalist Monica Morgan is showing her work at a fundraiser...
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