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DeVaughn Ballinger is a dancer and choreographer obsessed with capturing Detroit’s style and culture. His most recent creation, a celebration of Big Sean’s song “The Baddest,” has gone viral, with more than 50,000 views.
Residents identified barriers to living-wage jobs, schools, affordable housing and health care, before the COVID-19 pandemic, and gave recommendations for improvements.
Michigan’s largest school district, serving predominantly Black and Brown students, has its own police department. Under emergency management, the state beefed up policing by building a $5.6 million command center and adding military equipment to its arsenal. Now, Detroiters and school leadership take a new approach.
The coronavirus child care crunch is falling hardest on low-income families of color, many of whom work in-person jobs in sanitation, grocery, and health care that the state has defined as “essential.” When these families have young students learning online, many parents find that they have no safe place to send their children during the work day.
Seen as a rising star and the GOP’s best chance at flipping a Senate seat, John James opens up about his mistreatment at the hands of police and sympathies for protesters. But he’s less candid about the president he once said he supports “2,000 percent.”
Early voting begins on Thursday, when clerks begin sending out absentee ballots to regular voters. Here’s how to cast your absentee ballot before Election Day.
Health care, abortion and even the presidential election could be impacted by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday evening.
Detroit’s ‘Month of Design,’ plus Darkroom Detroit is a non-profit dedicated to increasing photography access, education, and visual literacy in Detroit
Midtown still has one of the lowest census response rates in the city. This, as Detroit just edged past the halfway mark with a 50.1 percent response rate, as of Wednesday.
We’re launching a 3-part series of shows produced in collaboration with the innovative, community-based news organization, BridgeDetroit, and focusing on the question: “Do Black Lives Matter in America?”
Residents who live in southwest Detroit can now apply to have lead-based paint removed from their homes for free, the city of Detroit announced Thursday.