They have been waiting and watching for nearly six years as lawyers defended University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policies. Today, they join the...
Serving his country in the segregated south of World War II, Lucius Theus never wavered in his commitment to defend the United States, despite the racial...
After months of planning and praying, the bus caravan rumbled like a great wagon train out of Detroit at 9:30 p.m. Monday bound for Washington, D.C., and into...
U.S. Rep. John Conyers has asked -- for the second time -- that Attorney General John Ashcroft appoint a special prosecutor to take over the investigation of...
The question at the center of today's debate before the U.S. Supreme Court is whether the Constitution leaves room to advance the opportunities that America...
The Detroit Public Schools will hold at least 31 informational meetings for parents to learn more about the proposed school closings and consolidations...
Delinquent taxpayers and water customers, who owe Detroit more than $328 million, may soon be hearing from a collection agency the city wants to hire to recoup...
John Wright was steamed. He took a break from a hearing Wednesday at Burroughs Middle School on Detroit's east side where a district administrator tried to...
Lots of agendas are merging in Lansing to set an August election in Detroit on whether to keep the city's appointed school board or return to an elected one....
Detroit artist Tyree Guyton calls the streets around his Heidelberg Project a war zone. From the look of things, the war ended a long time ago. There are so...
Detroit's three casinos have agreed to pay the city of Detroit up to $60 million to cover liabilities arising from lawsuits over the city's unconstitutional...
Having heard arguments in the University of Michigan admissions policy case, the Supreme Court will now spend the next several weeks deciding whether it is...
It's hard to believe that this is my last column, the end of what Farmington Hills poet Helena Baginski called my "river of words." But nothing can stop the...
The city will be forced to lay off workers to fix a budget deficit of at least $100 million in the coming fiscal year, Chief Financial Officer Sean Werdlow...
For the 340 guests flowing into the Wintergarden at the GM Renaissance Center for a Women's Power Breakfast recently, the setting was new and breathtaking....
Wayne County Community College District hosts a job fair at its northwest campus, 8551 Greenfield, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 9. Job seekers can complete...
A Detroit radio station on Thursday was told by federal regulators to clean up its act or face losing its broadcast license after airing explicit sex talk that...
The Detroit Police Department handed out awards to some of their finest officers Wednesday, including two who were killed while on duty, Local 4 reported. The...
Plans to redevelop the city's east riverfront area, a three-mile stretch bordering the Detroit River from the Renaissance Center to Belle Isle, are scheduled...
State Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema is asking whether state ethics laws should be expanded to cover local officials. It's a good question. The answer is...
The Michigan Senate sparked a fiery debate Thursday by revisiting one of the touchier issues of the past several years: Who should run Detroit schools? By a...
A colorful, compelling and challenging art exhibit called "9Latinas One Spirit" runs through Cinco de Mayo -- May 5 -- in the Bagley Housing Art Gallery. The...
Four times a week, folks line up outside St. Frances Cabrini Clinic in Detroit to vie for the 25 doctor visits available each time. As one of a handful of free...
Layoffs may be inevitable for Detroit government workers next year, but the city must consider every avenue to cut costs and raise money to minimize them. The...
Abill setting up a much-needed Detroit Area Regional Transportation Authority will stay stuck in a state Senate committee until supporters in southeast...
The Michigan Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to move up the date for Detroiters to decide whether they want to continue the 4-year-old experiment that...
Detroit Councilwoman Sharon McPhail, who recently launched a program in which area churches house homeless people for one night for free, is accusing Mayor...
A fight is brewing at Detroit City Hall over the mayor's proposal to hire a= California firm to collect $160 million in overdue taxes — including proper= ty,...
In another city drama, locals of Detroit's largest union are lining up to r= eject the proposed contract between AFSCME Council 25 and Mayor Kilpatrick's= ...
New York City did it. London did it big time. San Francisco stopped the pre= sses. Now it's Detroit's turn. Damn it, more than 1,500 people have to turn = out...
