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Step It Up America By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer A job readiness and training program aimed at helping Black women has been called…

Detroit had a bit of rare good fortune as it hurtled toward bankruptcy last summer — a couple of banks were willing to let it out of some expensive financial contracts, called interest-rate swaps, without paying in full the usual steep termination fees.But since then, an insurance company has been seeking to block the deal, lining up allies among...

It may be true that ‘the squeaky wheel gets the oil’, at least it seems that way with Tom Barrow.Thursday The Wayne County Board of Canvassers approved a recount of Detroit's mayoral primary after receiving a petition from former mayoral candidate, citing election fraud.According to the Free Press: The board also approved recounts for the city...

The hottest record in the nation, in both the R&B and pop markets, is the pulsating and catchy “Blurred Lines” by Robin Thicke. I love it, but there is no denying that it sounds very similar to Marvin Gaye’s classic and still exciting “Got To Give It Up.”However, the question is whether or not it sounds enough like it to justify a legal...

As Wayne County's overbudget tab for that new downtown prison gains additional commas, the idea of simply giving up has gained some traction. Turns out, there's already an empty prison over on Mound Road owned by the state. It might—might!—make more sense to stuff the prisoners in there rather than spend $300M to build a new jail in d...

Page 1 of 7 I'm still waiting on music's biggest night, because the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were not it. I wish I could blame it on the newly enforced dress code implemented by CBS, but the Grammys were boring last year too. I'm sure the network and the Grammy "powers that be" will considered the night a success. No wardrobe...

Let it be known that there is opportunity for the entrepreneurial spirit in Detroit. Black-owned IT firm IC Datacom recently secured a $50,000 small business loan from the First Step Fund. IC Datacom, which houses its office inside of Tech Town, Wayne State University’s business accelerator, is a full service IT company that markets and d...