Following his smash performance in the Michigan Primary, unfortunately Trump was right when he said “We Win Michigan, We Win the Whole Thing.” The Hutchinson Report — “In the Michigan…
The body is charged with helping to determine how to address what many Detroiters said is a legacy of governmental systemic racism. By Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance — After 80%…
Monday, November 22, 2021 — On this edition of Vantage Point, host Dr. Ron Daniels aka The Professor talks with actor Frankie Faison and Rev. Edward Pinckney. Topic #1 HBO…
By Russell Contreras, Axios — Change of overall reported violent crime in majority-Black communities From cities with populations greater than 25k in 2020; Depicts change between 2019 and 2020 Despite…
By Chelsey Cox, USA Today — As polls closed late Tuesday, states throughout the country saw a range of candidates of color racking up election wins in historic results. The…
By Steve Neavling, Metro Times (Detroit) — Detroit City Council is weighing a proposal that would bring Black residents closer to receiving long-awaited reparations for systemic racial discrimination. If approved,…
Kansas City groups are talking about reparations as cities such as Evanston, Illinois, either implement or discuss their own programs to address past harm to Black residents. By Jonathan Shorman…
By Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton — A Black woman, who started as a part-time server, is now an owner of her very own Outback Steakhouse restaurant in Michigan, less than 20…
Kalamazoo County, MI, (WKZO AM/FM) — The Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners has voted in favor of a resolution that will create a new commission in addressing disparities in black communities. The measure is listed on county documents as a “Resolution on Creating the Kalamazoo County Commission on Economic Reparations and Opportunity for Descendants of enslaved Africans and Indigenous Blacks,” and was approved on first read at the last County…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — (Remembering, reflecting and recommitting.) We cannot say it too often, stress it too much and certainly must never downplay in any way the definitive, determining…
U.S. Civil Rights and Human Rights Groups Say Water is a Human Right — Express Solidarity with Struggle for Water Rights in Nigeria. February, 10, 2020, New York — The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) released a Statement today calling for a national and international movement to declare access to water a human right that should not be subject to profiteering by corporate interests. The Statement was released against the…
By Julianne Malveaux — Hurricane Dorian has drowned the Bahamas and devastated the coasts of North and South Carolina. There are trillions of dollars worth of damages, and communities that…