Benton Harbor’s Water Crisis Finally Starting to Get More Attention After Three Years

For three years, residents of Benton Harbor have been dealing with contaminated drinking water, and it seems to be getting worse. Last month,...

Gov. Whitmer Vetoes Legislation That Aims to Change Michigan’s Election Laws

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday vetoed  four bills designed to be the lead attempts to change the state’s election laws.    Speaking during the Detroit NAACP’s...

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What You Need to Know as We Head Into Our Second Winter of COVID-19

The United States has reached yet another grim milestone in this pandemic. More than 700,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19....

Michigan House Democratic Leader: “You Can’t Undo the Public Health Code in the Budget”

Earlier this week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the $70 billion 2022 fiscal year state budget into law. FY22 is considered...

NASCAR Is Unlikely to Become Racially Tolerant, Says Author of The Book “Racing While Black”

It was just last year that Bubba Wallace, NASCAR’s only full-time Black racer, helped get the Confederate flag banned at...