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Supreme Court declines appeal request from ex-Detroit mayor

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined a request by former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to overturn his corruption conviction and 28-year...

Black women who boosted Obama are sticking with Clinton

DETROIT (AP) — From the pulpit of an African-American church in Detroit not long ago, Bishop Corletta Vaughn offered a rousing endorsement of Hillary...

Court rules Michigan has no responsibility to provide quality public education

DETROIT — In a blow to schoolchildren statewide, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled on Nov. 7 the State of Michigan has no legal obligation…

Some Detroit schools closed again due to teacher absences

 DETROIT (AP) — Some Detroit schools were closed again Wednesday due to the absence of teachers, but it was the smallest number since a...

US Muslim women debate safety of hijab amid backlash

 NEW YORK (AP) — On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought...

Homicides of transgender women in US reach alarming high

For a few transgender Americans, this has been a year of glamour and fame. For many others, 2015 has been fraught with danger, violence...

Experts: Black studies programs facing campus challenges

DETROIT (AP) — Protests by University of Missouri Black students that forced the school's administration to address racism and other problems mirror efforts decades...

Detroit woman given ticket for being HIV positive

    DEARBORN, Mich. – A suburban Detroit police officer is catching a lot of heat for for issuing a ticket to a woman who revealed she was…

Detroit artist Akbar Walks wins acclaim for album ‘DUI’

“Man, they want me dead or alive. They want me to turn in my suit and give up my bowtie. Tryna paint the picture that…

Co-author of ‘Black Rage,’ Dr. William Grier dies at 89

SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Dr. William Grier, a psychiatrist who co-authored the groundbreaking 1968 book, ``Black Rage,'' which offered the first psychological examination of...

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