Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
On February 1, a 12-year-old Georgia student at Hampton Middle School, near Atlanta, named Josie Orihuela secretly recorded her sixth-grade teacher Johnetta Benton talking about the term “Make America great again.” According to the recording, the t...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
ATLANTA, GA – April 3, 2018 — PAHO Foundation, the region’s premiere philanthropic health organization working to stem a wide range of public health threats, has transitioned into Uniting for Health Innovation (UfHI), President and CEO Dr. Jennie W...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Michigan head coach John Beilein and his players during the final moments of the game. Photo: Getty Images Villanova was overwhelmingly better than Michigan and there was nothing they could do about it. The Wolverines failed to capture the progr...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Weekly Update | April 2, 2018 What’s happening downtown? • A payment in lieu of taxes for Develop Detroit, Inc. to re-develop University Meadows, a senior housing apartment (pictured left). Phase I will renovate the building, and Phase II will build...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
40 Under 40, now in it’s sixth year, has recognized a network of 240 of the most powerful and elite young professionals in southeast Michigan. This year, two events are scheduled to bring together current and past 40 Under 40 honorees before the 6...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Source: Jami Tarris / Getty Scenario time. You’re in the heart of Africa…cruising the Serengeti National Park. You’re apart of a safari tour and your vehicle stops so folks can get a good look at three young cheetahs. Then out of nowhere, one of...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
The Wayne State University Center for Health and Community Impact (CHCI) will conclude its College and Career Readiness Experience programming focused on food systems and health issues with a public event Feb. 24, 2018, for Detroit high school stude...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc. is sponsoring the 43rd Annual Area V Leadership Conference which is being held in Detroit, Michigan, April 5-8, 2018 at the Double Tree by Hilton Detroit/Dearborn Hotel. I am Lady Roxyanne Cartier Burrus, National Are...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Source: RapidEye / Getty GlobalGrind.com presents: 10 links not to click while you’re on the clock: 1. Don’t watch this “Twitter After Dark” classic featuring a frisky elderly woman preying on her well-intentioned chauffeur because… … Well, th...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Source: Boston Globe / Getty Killer Mike’s positive comments on the NRA have social media debating (as usual). [embedded content] Some of the Run The Jewels rapper’s statements, like “In Wakanda, everyone had guns,” were head-scratchers while o...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Source: C Flanigan / Getty According to reports, Queen Latifah’s mother Rita Owens has passed from a heart condition. Latifah celebrated her birthday just three days ago. She said of her late mother, “Her battle is over now,” and “She was the l...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
Crowdpac’s experts will teach the secrets to crowdfunding a campaign on March 29th Today, the nonpartisan political crowdfunding startup Crowdpac announced the last call for potential candidates to register for a free evening bootcamp on March 29th...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
New forward-flexible four-county plan offers more service to region, invests in infrastructure On Thursday, March 15, Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans asked the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan for feedback on a new draft tr...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
One Harlem Night, written and produced by Sherry Henderson, is set to give Detroiters a chance to experience the feel of Harlem in Detroit up close and personal. The production will take stage at the Fisher Theater, from March 23- 25. A one-of-a-k...
Midwest / Michigan - 1 year ago
It must be nice to live in a world and be completely clueless to Trump’s racism. You would have to believe that the only person who could live in such insanity would be a person who is either never affected by racism or is too blinded because they h...