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Detroit Could Elect Its First Black Woman Mayor in Tight Race
Will This Woman Become Detroit’s First Black mayor? Follow us we go beyond the headlines, digging deep into the most critical political campaigns of 2025 in this ongoing series.
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More Good News for Homeless Detroit Mother Whose Children Froze to Death
Tateona Williams went from living in a shelter with her children to living in a new home.
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Michigan Man Faces Life Sentence After Allegedly Kidnapping and Killing Toddler
Rashad Trice admitted to abducting and killing the child after a dispute with her mother.
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Bad News for Former Georgia Cop Who Shot Black Man During Towing Dispute
The ex-Decatur cop pleaded not guilty in the alleged murder of Stephen Perkins but now, he’s lost his little cop privileges.
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LZ Granderson on Making LGBTQ+ Families the Focus of His Podcast
‘If you don’t tell your story, then the people who are telling the story get to shape the entire narrative,’ Granderson told The Root.
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A Lynching Victim’s Descendant Makes History in Michigan Supreme Court
Kyra Harris Bolden is the first Black woman justice on the state’s high court.
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Flint Water Crisis Prosecution Headed For Michigan Supreme Court
Remember what happened in Flint? It’s been nearly a decade, but justice is still being sought.
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Michigan Judge Dismisses Charges Against 7 Officials Accused In Flint Water Crisis
The group includes two health officials who were blamed for deaths from Legionnaires disease.
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Detroit Highway That Segregated Black Neighborhoods Will Finally Be Demolished With Buttigieg Grant
Michigan received $104.6 million in funding to dismantle Interstate 375, a depressed highway that segregated predominately Black neighborhoods