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What does the Black Detroit voter want this election?
From compelling data to heated conversations– there's many responses about the issues at hand...
August celebrates National Black Business Month and its importance and impact on the community. From humble beginnings in the 1960’s to the creation and...
The Detroit Regional Chamber is providing residents with a 2020 Census toolkit. This toolkit will give residents everything they need to fill out their...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is showing signs of finally bottoming out: Americans are on the move again after record numbers had stayed put, more young adults are leaving their parents’ homes to take a chance with college or the job market, once-sharp declines in births are leveling off, and poverty is slowing. New 2011 census data being released Thursday offer glimmers of hope in an economic recovery that technically began in mid-2009. The annual survey, supplemented with unpublished government figures as of March 2012, covers a year in which unemployment fell modestly from 9.6 percent to 8.9 percent. Not all is well. The jobless rate remains high at 8.1 percent. Home ownership dropped for a fifth straight year to 64.6 percent, the lowest in more than a decade, hurt by more stringent financing rules and a shift to renting. More Americans than ever are turning to food stamps, while residents in housing that is considered “crowded” held steady at 1 percent, tied for the highest since 200 ...
