Detroit

Nailah Ellis (pronounced ni-E-luh) recalls as a youngster the reaction people had after tasting the homemade tea her father prepared during holidays or at family gatherings. Their animated glee was a dead giveaway that, indeed, the beverage was truly something special. It began with Ellis’ great-grandfather, who was a master c...

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and Bill Pulte, chairman of the Detroit Blight Authority and CEO of Pulte Capital Partners, unveiled their plans today for a public-private partnership that will become the cornerstone of the mayor’s next phase of blight removal for the city of Detroit. The pilot site of the newly formed authority is a recently cleared 1...

Photo credit: LON JOHNSON, the favorite to become chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party who is touting himself as a change agent, sat down on Monday with Bankole Thompson, editor of the Michigan Chronicle, for an exclusive interview ahead of the party’s convention this weekend at Cobo Hall. The party faithful, election and p...

With less than thirty days left to decide on whether or not Detroit will have an emergency manager, Governor Rick Snyder is set to address the media in an afternoon round table to discuss the city's finances. Snyder is not expected to make the official announcement, but rather will offer an update on where things currently...

DETROIT—After serving multiple roles with Mayor Dave Bing’s administration, Deputy Mayor Kirk Lewis is headed back to the private sector. Lewis served as corporate affairs officer before leaving the administration in 2010 to seek other opportunities. A year later, Bing rehired Lewis as his chief of staff and promoted him to...

Blended families are no longer an anomoly in our culture. As such, it is becoming more and more necessary for families to learn to work together and get along to create a postive environement for the children. Jada Pinkett Smith is a pro at managing a blended family, and she had a few choice words to a "friend" who is acting out...

In his State of the City address last week, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing cited various challenges and achievements during his term in office.Emmett Moten, Jr. CEO of the Moten Group, who is a co-owner of the Doubletree Hotel downtown and a former development advisor in the Coleman Young adminstration, said he was pleased that for the first time in a...

Prince Jackson, the sixteen year old son of the late Michael Jackson, has a penchant for show biz. While not following exactly in his famous father's footsteps, young Prince has just scored his first major gig as a correspondent on "ET". His first interviews were with the stars of the new movie, "Oz, The Great and Powerful", James...

Tuesday, Feb. 19 night marked the first time the Detroit Consortium High School Men's Basketball team returned to the court since the death of their beloved head coach, Al Anderson.On Saturday, Anderson died suddenly of an apparent heart attack, just moments after his team won what many consider the team's best game of the season, a win over...

Officials in Lansing have determined that Detroit is in a state of 'financial emergency' with no solid plan for recovery. The decision was made by a team of six individuals appointed by Governor Rick Snyder in December to review the city's finances. The governor will use the findings to decide whether or not to appoint an...