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  By Ken Whitaker of Detroit IQ Greektown Casino Representative Freman Hendrix submitted his letter of resignation earlier this month from the Detroit Charter Commission because it would be a conflict of interest to serve the Greektown Casino AND the people of … Continue reading →

Helen Moore letter to gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero protesting Dems’ blocking of 14th District resolution at convention Aug. 29, 2010 Dear Mr. Bernero: I am the convention delegate who was persistent at the microphone during the Democratic Convention.  From what … Continue reading →

 DPS debt, apartheid funding, charter schools destroy district, not part of debate   By Diane Bukowski DETROIT – A “devil’s triangle” destroying DPS is being largely ignored in discussions about the district’s governance and solutions to its problems.   “When the new … Continue reading →

$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 →