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Youth Day still a hit with Detroit’s young people

    Thousands of young people converged on Belle Isle last week for the 33rd annual Metro Detroit Youth Day festivities which took plave on the...

Rep. Brenda Lawrence supports bill to eliminate abortion coverage restrictions

   Congresswoman Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI) has joined lead sponsors Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Congresswoman Louise...

The Michigan Chronicle lead story for this week, "Who Owns Downtown Detroit's Downtown? Not Us" received some welcome attention from the Metro Times, thanks...

Obama speaks plainly about racism in criminal justice system

      When President Obama spoke before the Philadelphia NAACP last week, he spoke our more forcefully and directly about the racial inequities inherent in the...

Using art as the bridge between cultures

  By Keith A. Owens   The hope is that better days are coming for Detroit, but nobody is singing “We Are the World” just yet. This...

Who owns Detroit’s downtown? Not us.

  Sharon Madison has owned the Julian Madison building, located in the heart of downtown Detroit, since 1987. Named after her father, with whom the...

GO! Smoothies proves eating better can taste better too

    Sometimes your mistakes can steer you toward the best decision you ever made. In the case of Callie Bradford and Monique Dooley, co-founders of...

Finally, Detroit honors the funk.

  George Clinton, the Godfather of funk music, received a testimonial resolution at his Chene Park concert last Friday from Detroit’s City Council, presented by...

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