Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

$523.8 million debt for 2010-11 is 90.7 percent of state per-pupil aid   By Diane Bukowski      DETROIT – Former Detroit Public Schools CEO Kenneth Burnley, Jr. and current Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb have enslaved the Detroit Public Schools to the … Continue reading →

  Release from Hood Research, a sponsor of Recall Dave Bing petition drive   Bing has plans for Gentrification   Mayor Dave Bing has failed to put the residents of Detroit first in any of his decisions and plans since becoming mayor of … Continue reading →

Submitted by Clarice Werdlow,  from “Moms Rising”   When it rains it pours, and that’s a bad thing when it comes to discrimination against mothers. We recently wrote to you about a mom whose application for a mortgage loan was … Continue reading →

From Shirley Sherrod Back in March, I delivered a speech to an NAACP Freedom Fund banquet in my home state of Georgia. I drew on my personal life story to urge poor people, white and black, to pull together and … Continue reading →

J. Allen as Mark Clyde Bethune, Sean Brown as Hayward Brown, and Desmond Williams as John Percy Boyd By Diane Bukowski “Vigilante–The Story of Hayward Brown” is scheduled for a grand opening Sept. 1, 2010 at the Emagine Theater, 39535 … Continue reading →

 Submitted by BANCO Hundreds of people marched through Benton Harbor on August 10, 2010, the day Whirlpool opened it’s Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course, despite two court cases pending against Whirlpool for its takeover of land including Jean Klock Park, that was originally … Continue reading →

Chadsey High and Munger Middle Schools, along with numerous other public schools on Detroit’s near southwest side, are now closed. The multinational Claytown neighborhood, however, is still fighting for its children’s education, says Sheila Crowell, a long-time community activist. Their latest project is … Continue reading →

 By Diane Bukowski DETROIT – City workers, retirees, and union and community leaders and their supporters packed the Aug. 10 meeting of the Detroit Charter Revision Commission, determined to protect their pensions and the city’s assets. The meeting focused on charter provisions … Continue reading →

  Rear l-r: Brian Staples, Jacquelyn Carter, Tommy Staples Jr., Tommy Staples III; front l-r grandkids Davion & Darion, daughter Ashley Staples  By Diane Bukowski  Aug. 5, 2010  DETROIT — The family of Tommy Staples, Jr., shot to death by … Continue reading →