I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Gov. Rick Snyder has endorsed former rival Pete Hoekstra for the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate.
DETROIT — The Motor City has been most famous for its past industrial endeavors. That’s why it’s still a bit surprising to some that within the city limits, there are more than 700 urban farms that yield more than 120 tons of produce each year. When harvest season comes around, the social aspect of urban farming shines through, with farmers coming together to celebrate the season at parties brimming with locally grown food and drink.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani stirred up controversy Sunday when he joined Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the campaign trail, warning an audience of orthodox Jewish voters that a vote for Bloomberg’s opponent in the mayoral race, African-American candidate William Thompson, would make the city comparable to modern-day Detroit.
A former Whirlpool worker who said she was punished for associating with African Americans on the job will get another chance to argue her case in federal court.
In a campaign stop early Friday, Barack Obama commented on recent McCain/Palin campaign events where audience members have called him “a terrorist” and shouted out that he should be killed. Obama said, “It’s easy to rile up a crowd… Nothing’s easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. But that’s not what [...]
A new AP/Yahoo survey shows that there may be enough latent racism among Democrats and independents to cost Obama the election in November.
Former President Jimmy Carter said in an interview with PBS’ Jim Lehrer as part of Democratic National Convention coverage that the election of Barack Obama as president would help end racism in America and beyond.
CNN gets ambitious with “Black in America” special, while MSNBC takes a peek at “Multicultural in America”
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