Wayne County is set to resume property tax foreclosures. Nearly 8,000 occupied homes – most occupied by renters – are at risk.
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The city of Detroit is using $45 million to rebuild and upgrade recreation centers
A portion of Detroit’s COVID relief funding will help improve city recreation facilities. Officials plan to overhaul locker rooms, pools and gymnasiums, among other improvements.
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One Detroit – Atlanta Spa Shooting, Author Rae Chesny, DakhaBrakha’s Protest Music
When a gunman killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, last year in the Atlanta spa shooting, Zora Bowens called her best friend Ceena Vang to check in on how she was feeling.
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Changes in Detroit’s pension payment plan could ‘compromise’ city services
Mike Duggan intends to seek court intervention to overturn a city pension fund vote to shorten the number of years Detroit makes legacy debt payments. Detroit CFO estimates the move will have the city paying $20 million to $25 million more each year.
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State to replace I-375 in Detroit with ‘urban boulevard’
The state unveiled plans to replace I-375 in Detroit with an ‘urban boulevard’ where a thriving Black community once stood – officials hope to fix an ‘unjust legacy.’
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Social justice drives QuanTez Pressley, Detroit’s newest police board member
The police board’s newest at-large member, Pastor QuanTez Pressley, says he will be applying a social justice lens to his work with the body that oversees policing in Detroit.
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American Black Journal – Detroit United Front, Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibit, Laura Rain & The Caesars
Stephen Henderson sits down with NBL CEO Ken Harris and DBCC President Danielle Benson to talk about the mission of Detroit United Front, as well as the need for education, training and capital resources.
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Can Detroit erase residential blight in four years?
Mayor Mike Duggan intends to eradicate residential blight by the end of his third term. Some argue too many hurdles remain.
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Wayne County extends payment plan deadline for properties at risk of foreclosure
Wayne County residents now have until March 31 to get onto a payment plan to avoid losing their property to foreclosure this year.
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American Black Journal – Celebrating Black Female Trailblazers for Women’s History Month
For Women’s History Month, “American Black Journal” celebrates two African American women trailblazers, Michigan Court of Appeals Judge, the Hon. Cynthia Stephens and the late author and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, whose accomplishments have paved the way for future generations of African Americans.