President Abraham Lincoln, with young son Tad and Senator Charles Sumner, salutes a detachment of African-American Union troops in Richmond, Virginia at the end of the American Civil War. Published in ...

The weight of bureaucracy has held Detroit’s entrepreneurs in a chokehold for years. Opening a business has too often meant wading through overlapping permits, contradictory deadlines, and unclear ...

This August, the energy returns. AfroFuture Detroit will take root on the historic Douglass Site for its U.S. debut on August 16 and 17, 2025. But the festival doesn’t just appear. It grows through ...

The ill effects on finances as a result of divorce due to child support, alimony, reduction in income, Being financially strapped robs you of your ability to save money, your dignity, and your ...

From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes ...

There’s no denying Mary Sheffield’s influence on the direction of Detroit’s policy agenda over the last decade. As current City Council President and the youngest woman ever elected to the Council, ...

Triumph Church pastor Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. has been endorsed by The Black Slate Inc., a group that has been endorsing ...

Lawmakers endorsing Gilchrist include, Reps. Brenda Carter, D-Pontiac, Kimberly Edwards, D-Eastpointe, Morgan Foreman, D-Pittsfield Township, Peter Herzberg, D-Westland, Donavan McKinney, D-Detroit, ...

From high school co-op to corner office, Joi Harris’ story isn’t just one of mere corporate ascent—it’s one of Detroit legacy, Black excellence, and community-rooted leadership that has been decades ...

More than $1 million in scholarships were awarded to high-achieving international students at the Fourth Annual Global Youth ...

The Small Business Matters event — Wednesday, July 9 is from 6-7pm — is set to include councilman Fred Durhal III, businessmen Joel Haashiim and John Barlow, nonprofit CEO Saunteel Jenkins, attorney ...

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...