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Photographers look around to see within
[caption id="attachment_12642" align="alignright" width="300"] Photographers Lucretia Gaulden and Shane HardemanPHREDDY WISCHUSEN PHOTO[/caption] NSO Bell Building residents stage new exhibition By...
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Ancient healing art Qi Gong taught weekly in downtown park
[caption id="attachment_12639" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Emily Rogers leads Qi Gong practice in Lafayette Greens’ garden COURTESY IMAGE[/caption] By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen...
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Wayne County exec. candidates
Staff report DETROIT — Sixteen names are on the official candidate list for the office of Wayne County Executive. Detroiters and residents in the other 42 Wayne County communities will have to wade...
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77 youth detained at fireworks
Detroit Police released the following statement this evening regarding the special curfew enforced until 6 a.m. June 24: "As of 9 p.m. the Detroit Police Department has detained a total of 77 Juveniles...
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Suburbanite’s advice on water shutoffs: ‘Don’t stay in the shower 3 hours’
Staff report DETROIT — “If I can’t pay for something, I don’t get it.” “What are they spending their money on? I would want to monitor their water habits.” Downtown Detroit workers being interviewed...
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Shinola expands manufacturing, creates jobs, opportunities to craft leather
[new_royalslider id="44"] By Phreddy Wischusen The Michigan Citizen In its first few years, Shinola’s watch manufacturing operation has made international news. Former President Bill Clinton even...
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Two Detroits
Staff report River Days, along with the annual Fireworks display, are billed as family-friendly events showcasing the best of downtown Detroit. Complete with corporate sponsors and media coverage, the...
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Detroit: Disconnecting water from people who cannot pay is an affront to...
GENEVA — Three UN experts on the human rights to water and sanitation, adequate housing, and extreme poverty and human rights expressed concern June 25 about reports of widespread water disconnections...
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National PBS premieres Grace Lee Boggs film
Filmmaker Grace Lee says project evolved slowly By Phreddy Wischusen The Michigan Citizen “Grace Lee is like the John Smith of Asian America,” says Missouri-born filmmaker Grace Lee of her very common...
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Detroit Raw
[caption id="attachment_12792" align="alignright" width="288"] Trick TrickCOURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Trick Trick, the organizer By Sam Riddle Special to the Michigan Citizen Detroit should not ridicule...
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Stallworth, Hobbs pressure senator to move security guard legislation
[caption id="attachment_12804" align="alignright" width="191"] Rudy Hobbs[/caption] Bills are needed to better protect public and security guards LANSING — Reps. Thomas Stallworth III, D-Detroit, and...
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WATCH: Warren Evans says why he’s running for Wayne County Executive
http://youtu.be/roxM0Zf-uho WARREN EVANS, former Wayne County Sheriff and Detroit Police Chief A transparent administration is what voters can expect from an Evans administration, says the political...
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Welcome to the Boggs School
[caption id="attachment_12816" align="aligncenter" width="615"] PHOTO COURTESY LEAH DUNCAN[/caption] By Halima Cassells Special to the Michigan Citizen Stepping in, larger-than-life portraits of young...
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New program aims to help Detroit men become ‘extraordinary’ fathers
DETROIT — For decades, media attention on African American fathers has focused on the negative. A 2013 book, “Dare to Be Extraordinary: A Collection of Positive Life Lessons from African American...
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Mahogany Café poets remember Maya Angelou, pass the mic to the next generation
[caption id="attachment_12757" align="alignright" width="288"] Joel Fluent Greene COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] By Steve Furay Special to the Michigan Citizen It was a place for love, a place for poetry, a...
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Supreme Court: Public union can’t make nonmembers pay fees
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a blow to public sector unions June30, ruling that thousands of home health care workers in Illinois cannot be required to pay fees that help cover a union’s costs...
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WATCH: Evans says he’s not for regionalization but ‘regional cooperation’
http://youtu.be/b5PBYVgVg5g DETROIT — Warren Evans, 2014 candidate for Wayne County Executive says he's for "regional cooperation," not regionalization. Evans says he can work with Detroit Mayor Mike...
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Detroit Raw
Shopping While Black with money By Sam Riddle Special to the Michigan Citizen In Tempe, Ariz. — a state with a dubious track record of fairness to people of color — a video cop-car-cam lets us witness...
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GOOOOAAAALLLL: Soccer scores with Motor City fans
[caption id="attachment_12881" align="aligncenter" width="615"] Josh Rogers squares up a penalty kick. JON DEBOER/DCFC PHOTOS[/caption] Staff report International soccer fans have fixed their attention...
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Missing 12-year-old Charlie Bothuell found alive, well
[caption id="attachment_12894" align="alignright" width="300"] COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] Father breaks down during interview Staff report DETROIT — Twelve-year-old Charlie Bothuell, who went missing...
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