About a hundred Detroiters converged in front of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in downtown Detroit on July 6 to protest the recent wave of killings and shootings that have many looking over their shoulders while on the streets.

The rally took place on the same day that Detroit Mayor Dave Bing tapped Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans as Detroit’s new police chief.

While demanding justice for the victims of homicide in the city, the organizers also held a candlelight vigil as a tribute to those whose lives were lost, including slain Detroiter Damian Onwuzulike....

Healthcare reform is high on the agenda, both on the state level in Lansing, and on the national level in Washington. D.C., where President Barack Obama is leading the effort.

Here in Michigan, both the House and Senate have introduced
legislation to address our state’s health insurance problems.

One thing both sides agree on is that reform is urgently needed. It must get done this year; we cannot wait for a national solution.

Health insurance is intended to provide security and peace of mind in knowing we have coverage when we need it most. But...

Detroit Public Schools are ensuring that the educational needs of students affected by recent violence are being met. DPS Emergency Financial
Manager Robert C. Bobb visited with the families of the recent victims of the off and on campus school shootings.

Teachers of these students have already prepared classroom work to be delivered to the homes of the students. A plan is in place to have four of the buildings teachers regularly visit with the families to assist the students with their assigned schoolwork.

“There is much work that needs to be done in...

Olympia Entertainment has informed the City of Detroit via personal phone call and hand-delivered letter that, pursuant to the terms of its current lease, Olympia Entertainment will not exercise its option to extend the current lease on the Joe Louis and Cobo Arenas for an additional 20 years. The current lease, which covers both arenas, expires on June 30, 2010, and automatically renews for 20 years if Olympia Entertainment did not notify the city of its decision on the option by June 30.

Olympia’s decision to not extend the current lease returns Cobo Arena to the city and...

Despite the ubiquity of high-tech communication mediums like websites, e-books and Kindles, many people still like to hold a book – whether hardcover or paperback – in their hands.

Since 1989, Source Booksellers has serviced book lovers in the community with unique books that are not easily found in other
bookstores like Borders and Barnes & Noble.

Owned and operated by Janet Jones, Source Booksellers is located on
4201 Cass Ave. (near Willis), inside the Spiral Collective.

“Source Booksellers is a unique niche of non-fiction books...