Gov.-elect Jennifer Granholm ranks education as her No. 1 priority -- including expansive calls for new schools, higher expectations and specific classroom...
I've been trying to figure out why people like Attorney General John Ashcroft frighten me. I think I know the source of my fear: the danger of an imposed...
Despite a drop in attendance and less-than-perfect weather, the venerable Michigan State Fair confounded its naysayers this year by squeezing out a $28,000...
When the state Supreme Court gave the back of its hand to special education funding last month, it was a huge disappointment. The implications of the Nov. 19...
I must say in reading this artical it just makes me more appalled at our system of power to take more control becoming more Hitlerism as days weeks and months...
Why do African Americans have a cancer death rate about 35% higher than that of white Americans? Why do more than 75% of AIDS cases in women and children occur...
DetroitBlackBusiness.com, Detroit's online black business directory, is pleased to bring you the following features: a.. Upcoming Events - Find out about the...
Bill Burdett believes he is on the ground floor of a great investment. The downtown Detroit attorney recently purchased a loft condominium in Detroit's...
Ford Auditorium in Hart Plaza would be converted into an outdoor amphitheater under a Detroit riverfront development plan that's gaining momentum. A 34-member...
Proposals to rescue the city's rotting architectural gems have come so often, with so little success, that they are usually greeted with disbelief. But when...
For five years, Oliverio Martinez has been blind and paralyzed as the result of a police shooting. Now, he is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that...
With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, the federal government will try to convince the Supreme Court on Monday that it took good care of tribal lands...
Black MGM Grand Detroit Casino workers who contend they were discriminated against by management will have to do battle against MGM alone, as a Wayne County...
Come Wednesday, in a District of Columbia courtroom, litigation begins that will reach the Supreme Court and determine the future of political speech in...
Detroit police have shot at least seven people while on duty, and sixwhile off duty, according to a Free Press review of news reports. At least six Detroit...
At least 28 metro-area children, ages 16 and younger, have been homicide victims so far this year. Eighteen of them were killed by gunfire. The victims...
U.S. Rep. John Conyers is stuck in Washington, D.C., rush-hour traffic, heading to a graduation ceremony for a relative. The view of the Potomac River reminds...
One thing Detroit City Council watchers have come to expect from Councilman Alonzo (Lonnie) Bates is his eyebrow-raising comments. At a council meeting two...
Two other bills that affect consumers could also see action in the lame-duck session. Both are flawed: Motor Vehicle Sales finance Act: House Bill 6446, which...
She came home for the holiday. He was just trying to get home from work. She was shot in a crowd at a nightclub when a robbery went awry. He was shot on the...
Detroit's new health chief Noble Maseru is a vegetarian, a marathon runner and a believer in some old- fashioned concepts like home visits by health workers. ...
With state engineers poised to begin work next year, Ferndale has started a last-ditch effort to kill plans for rebuilding a motoring landmark. The leaders of...
We love Palmer Woods, our haven of historic homes from the turn of the 20th Century in northwest Detroit. Many of my neighbors have lived in Palmer Woods most...
Organizers of a new and vastly improved Motown museum are scheduled to take a major step today when they announce details of an international design...
The aroma from the grill smelled the same Tuesday evening at the Lindell A.C., and former Detroit Lion Wayne Walker's bronzed jockstrap hung augustly from the...
Give state Rep. Marc Shulman his due: He didn't duck my call. And he didn't deny that he's the same Rep. Shulman who introduced legislation that could add $210...
General Motors Corp. president and CEO Rick Wagoner was tapped Tuesday to become the company's next chairman, charged with guiding the world's biggest...
For the first time in eight years, the Wayne County Jail went a month without being forced to release any inmate charged with a felony and awaiting trial. ...
Inkster Public Schools could become the second school district in Michigan -- after Detroit Public Schools -- to have an appointed manager replace the elected...
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review whether universities can consider an applicant's race when admitting students, setting the stage...
