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Dr. Darienne Hudson: The Promise We Renew Every Fall

By Dr. Darienne Hudson, President and CEO of United Way for Southeastern Michigan and Chair of the Detroit Public Schools Community District Foundation Board of...

From the Written Word to the Spoken Word: Giving Grief a Voice

By Dr. Portia Lockett, Contributing Writer For quite some time, I have been blessed with the opportunity to share my heart, experiences, and professional insight...

Tribute to a Trailblazing Global Visionary: The Extraordinary Life, Enduring Legacy and Lasting Impact of Dr. Karl Dwight Gregory 

Dr. Sheila T. Gregory  There are lives whose influence is so expansive that telling their story means telling the story of a city, a movement,...

Mental Health, Black Excellence, Disability and the Pain We Do Not See 

By Hodari P.T. Brown, Contributor  There is a dangerous assumption we make about talented people: because someone is intelligent, accomplished, educated, gifted or resilient, they must...

Gary Fell Into Darkness. Black Churches Refused to Leave It There

This post was originally published on Word In Black. BY REV. DOROTHY S. BOULWARE When a powerful storm swept through the area earlier this month, downing trees...

Dolly Parton Didn’t Just Say Black Lives Mattered. She Showed It.

This post was originally published on Word In Black. BY REV. DOROTHY S. BOULWARE She grew up poor, one of a dozen children living in a one-room...

When “Choice” Comes to Michigan, Black Communities Will Pay the Price – Again

By Drs. Pamela Pugh and Anne Tapp Jaksa Michigan is being told that the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit is about opportunity. We have heard that...

What Happens When Every Child Gets to Eat at School?

This post was originally published on Word In Black. BY ALVIN BUYINZA Tuesday night, voters in Colorado made a decision that could change what being fed looks...

Black Americans Have Doubts About the U.S. Food System, New Word In Black Survey Finds

This story was originally published on Word In Black. BY JENNIFER PORTER GORE Black Americans are intensely aware of the connection between food and health but face...

Michigan’s local election officials are confident in voting integrity ahead of November’s midterm election

This post was originally published on The Conversation. By: Stephanie Leiser Local officials across Michigan are highly confident in their ability to administer an accurate election...
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