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Sex race card? Special to the Michigan Citizen As a bona fide senior, I must confess some envy of the brazen throwdown, but remain baffled at the manner in which “Django Unchained” actress Daniele...
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Aiyana’s Detroit, not Gilbert’s Detroit [caption id="attachment_14544" align="alignleft" width="300"] Aiyana Jones COURTESY PHOTO[/caption] I am amazed at the number of folks who believe Aiyana Jones’...
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Wayne Country Third Circuit Court summons no-show jurors
Staff report DETROIT — Between Nov. 1, 2013 and Sept. 30, 2014, the Third Judicial Circuit Court says they called in and expected 78,639 jurors to report for jury duty. Forty-six percent of those...
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[caption id="attachment_10369" align="alignleft" width="150"] Sam Riddle[/caption] Ebola and racism Racism and classism are now playing life and death roles in the treatment of Ebola victims in...
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Auto Summit: ‘Diversity to remain competitive’
Staff report DETROIT — Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit will return to Detroit for its 15th year on Oct. 13. The event, themed “Driving Ethnic Inclusion in the Global Automotive Expansion,” will...
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Town Hall Meeting: Youth, race, violence, poverty and justice in Detroit
The Hartford Social Justice Ministry will hold their annual Social Justice Conference, October 17-18, at Hartford Church (18700 James Couzens Freeway Service Drive) in Detroit, where Rev. Charles C....
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Lon Johnson hurts GOTV During a recent 14th Democratic Party Congressional District meeting at the Northwest Activities Center, I was shocked but not surprised to hear from the podium what had...
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Film on Detroit’s Cody High School to premier
Staff report A new documentary film, “Cody High: A Life Remodeled Project,” will receive a red carpet premier Oct. 26 at The Redford Theatre in Detroit. The film was created by Grace Films, a...
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[caption id="attachment_10369" align="alignleft" width="150"] Sam Riddle[/caption] Facebook — a child killer? Did Facebook conflict play a role in the killing of another of our babies? Yes, according...
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DO IT — VOTE NOV. 4 No matter what the outcome of the November election in Michigan, there is one woman working right now whose efforts will ensure that many more take the time to vote who simply would...
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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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Judge Roy L. Roulhac joins the ancestors
[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,...
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Prominent 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...
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Environmental 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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