Created Equal: The Milliken v. Bradley decision’s effect on Detroit schools, 50 years later
Last month marked the 50th anniversary of a Supreme Court case originating in Detroit that’s had a lasting impact on...
Detroit Evening Report: Judge approves settlement in 7-year lawsuit challenging detention of Iraqi nationals
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan announced Wednesday it won a nationwide lawsuit after a seven-year legal battle to...
The Metro: New historic marker remembers the Algiers Motel, Detroit Rebellion of 1967
A new historic marker will be placed at the former location of the Algiers Motel, which was the site of...
Created Equal: Examining the Black-white wealth gap in America
Typical Black families in the United States have 15 cents on the dollar compared to typical white families, according to...
Trump surrogate blames media for Black community voting against Republicans
Bruce LeVell, senior surrogate for Donald Trump and Trump’s former executive director of the National Diversity Coalition, was among those...
Are Black voters in Detroit embracing Trump?
Donald Trump traveled to Detroit last month for a conservative conference. Before his keynote speech at Huntington Place, he went...
Created Equal: The end of race-based kidney testing
Since the late '90s, doctors have included race in equations used to estimate kidney function. Known as the estimated glomerular...
Civil rights group files federal lawsuit against Lodi Township on zoning for houses of worship
The nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations - Michigan chapter filed a federal lawsuit against Lodi Township on behalf of Masjid...
Created Equal: What the US can learn from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The United States and Canada share a dark history in the mistreatment of Indigenous people. One of the many abuses...
Created Equal: Uncovering the truth behind the phrase ‘40 acres and a mule’
In the years following the Civil War, formerly enslaved Black Americans in the South were promised "40 acres and a...
The John Shippen tournament aims to increase diversity in golf
The Detroit Golf Club is hosting The John Shippen men’s golf invitational this weekend. Fourteen Black golfers will play for...
Whitmer signs bill designating May 2 as ‘Negro Leagues Day’ in Michigan
State Rep. Helena Scott (D-Detroit) celebrated Juneteenth this year by showing up at a historic ballpark, watching as her bill...