Five Journalist Tips On Holding Police Accountable
Nationwide protests against police brutality and structural racism have sparked a lot of interest in holding law enforcement agencies accountable....
Wayne State Houses New National Police De-Escalation Training Center
America is in the midst of a nationwide reckoning with police brutality and other injustices that have been carried out...
Supreme Court Guarantees LGBTQ Workplace Protections Under Civil Rights Act
In a case that has roots in Metro Detroit, the U.S. Supreme Court finds that people cannot be fired due to...
Detroit Councilman Wants to Change Police Behavior, Not Funding
There’s been weeks of protests in Detroit and across the nation since George Floyd, an African American man, was killed...
Appeals Court Won’t Re-Hear Detroit Schools “Right to Literacy” Case
A federal court will not re-hear a case concerning a right to a basic education, it ruled Wednesday, a convoluted conclusion to a...
Defund Police? Detroit Commissioners Have Other Things To Discuss
Detroit’s Board of Police Commissioners addressed calls to "defund the police" during a meeting held on ZOOM video-conference. “To my colleagues,...
Census Advocates Get Creative In Getting Detroit Counted
Less than 50 percent of Detroit’s residents have responded to the Census. That means the city is at risk of...
Henry Ford Health, Michigan State Partner on New Cancer Program, Research Institute
Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University have signed a letter of intent to create an integrated cancer program and build...
Feds See Spike in COVID-19 Payment Scams
The Internal Revenue Service says it has seen an uptick in scams to cheat people out of their Economic Impact Payment checks....
Detroit Public Schools Charts Path to Summer, Fall Classes
Detroit’s public school system has released a proposed plan for a return to the classroom. The state’s largest school district...
George Floyd’s Death Ignited A Movement. Watch His Burial In Houston Today.
George Floyd, the 46-year-old African American man who was killed by police in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, will be buried beside...
Little Caesars, Black Lives Matter and the Challenge of Corporate Messaging
With a huge social movement pushing for changes to policing and calling for an end to police brutality, it’s not...