The New York Times just ran a story a few days ago based on a US Census Bureau report announcing that, for the first time in American history, white folks are the nationwide minority among the newborn. In other words, us colored are birthin’ more babies than white people. So naturally, the response among some [...]
Detroit has been identified by its crime rate for a long, long time. That reputation didn’t just happen to us by accident, most Detroiters can tell you there’s considerably more to Detroit than the violence. And what Detroiters can also tell you is that, as a predominantly African American city that has in many ways [...]
Last month on Feb. 28 a story appearedin my hometown newspaper, theDetroit Free Press, detailing how homicides in my city have escalated by 25 percent since last year. Much of that steep incline resulted from the madness that has taken control of the city’s east side, which now more closely resembles the wild wild west. [...]
In many ways my adopted hometown of Detroit can be considered a barometer of the condition of Urban America – since, as we all know, ‘urban’ is the new ‘black’. And if this is the case, then we really can’t wait too much longer for that slow-rising economic tide to rise us on up and [...]
A few days ago Brother Mitt was back here in Michigan- or ‘back home’ as he likes to say when trolling for votes – and he said the cutest thing; he said that in Michigan the “trees are the right height”. He also said that he loves lakes. And cars. And dogs, especially when strapped [...]
I mean, you just have to wonder how Mitt Romney must feel right about now. Once the stage lights are off and the last interview for the day is through, the last campaign stop completed, what must it feel like? And you know where I’m going with this. Here’s a man whose father,George Romney, was [...]
The monument dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a beautiful piece of work, and I don’t think you will find many people who will disagree with that assessment. It is powerful, artistic, and long, long overdue. It was difficult for many of those in attendance not to become emotional during Sunday’s [...]
Now that the Detroit Lions are 5-0, the rest of the country is watching my adopted hometown with renewed fascination and, for once, not because something else went wrong. Some are even wondering if this remarkable transformation of a perpetual underdog team could herald a new day on the horizon for the entire city. Because, [...]
Golly. That was close wasn’t it? There he was, Ranger Rick, stepping into the El Presidente Coral, all granite-jawed and Texas cool, one hand on the trigger of Buck, the name of his pearl-handled six-shooter, the other caressing a bible. And the bible was caressing him back! What was a Mittens to do? There he was, like [...]
Prior to President Obama’s presentation of his jobs plan for the nation, Rep. Hansen Clarke came up with his own piece of legislation designed specifically to help the City of Detroit get back on its feet. Clarke, who is currently serving his first term in office after his defeat of longtime Congresswoman Carolyn Cheek Kilpatrick, has [...]
