The federal government now says a 101-year-old Detroit woman it promised could move back into her foreclosed home four months ago can’t return because the building’s unsanitary and unsafe.
Texana Hollis was evicted Sept. 12 and her belongings placed outside after her 65-year-old son failed to pay property taxes linked to a reverse mortgage and the [...]
The city of Detroit has time to avoid having a state-appointed emergency manager put in place, but city and union officials had better move quickly to avoid significant state intervention, state officials said Tuesday.
A deal between city and union leaders to fix Detroit’s finances, if reached by early February, could pre-empt the work of a [...]
As a Michigan panel considers whether a state-appointed emergency manager should take over Detroit’s debt-laden budget, some residents and prominent leaders are arguing that the move would disenfranchise black voters.
“How come all of the jurisdictions put under emergency management are majority African American? Has anybody noticed that?” asked Rep. John Conyers (D), who has represented [...]
Samuel Logan Jr., the publisher of the prominent African-American newspaper the Michigan Chronicle who was known for his dedication to news coverage of the black community and a willingness to make tough stands, has died. He was 78.
Logan died Wednesday at his home in Detroit and a cause of death hasn’t yet been determined, the [...]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and U.S. Rep. John Conyers joined religious and civil rights leaders Thursday to promise protests and possible civil disobedience against Michigan’s new emergency manager law that could lead to a takeover of Detroit government.
“We are prepared to go from education, mobilization, litigation, legislation, demonstration and civil disobedience,” Jackson said as he [...]
