Jerry Hebron and her enthusiastic team are flipping the script, erasing despair, and replacing it with a heavy dose of self-determination.
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Detroit’s First Black Tattoo Art & Music Expo Comes to Eastern Market
Tattoo art is a cultural practice that can be traced back through human history for thousands of years.
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Detroit Water Shutoffs Begin Again, As Teacher Sickouts End
Around 20,000 customers may have their water shut off on Tuesday, when the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department said it would begin the process for customers in default on their water bill.
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Prince Dies at 57
Prince died earlier today (April 21) at age 57 at his Paisley Park home and studio, his publicist confirmed to the Associated Press. TMZ first reported the news.
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Detroit Entrepreneur Week’s Spotlight Set
Detroit Entrepreneur Week, the city’s leading small business conference and festival celebrates National Small Business Week, from May 2 to May 7, by hosting a series of activities ranging from panel discussions, free workshops, networking events and entrepreneurial showcases.
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Why I Don’t Want To Be Labeled As “African American”
I have heard the term “African-American” used interchangeably with “black” all my life but have never been comfortable with it.
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[FLINT] Mayor to Gov: Drinking City Water Doesn’t Impress
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver said Gov. Rick Snyder’s pledge to drink filtered water drawn from a city home for the next 30 days in an effort to convince others of its safety “does not impress us at all.”
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Snyder Will Drink Flint Tap Water for 30 Days…
So Gov. Snyder says both he and his wife Sue will be drinking Flint tap water for the next 30 days to prove to residents that it is safe, according to a story that appeared this afternoon in the Detroit Free Press.
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Why Summer Jobs Matter for Detroit Kids
On Tuesday morning, Mayor Mike Duggan will be holding a press conference to announce a summer youth employment program that will be designed not merely to give kids something to do, but to help bend the arc of their future toward success.
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Michigan Chronicle Turns 80: A Look Back
It was a bright lights, big city moment for a 24-year-old man born in subtle Shelbyville, Tennessee and raised in sleepy Savannah, Georgia.
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