A Michigan eighth grader who was taunted with racial slurs on a school bus says he’s afraid to return to school, where the bulliers have…
A Michigan man was pulled over in Inkster, Michigan by two cops, when he was taken out of his vehicle, brutally beaten, and even tasered…
Krista and Jami Contreras are a married lesbian couple with an adorable baby girl. Six days after she was born, back in October, they had…
On May 4th in Kalamazoo, Mich., White 63-year-old Joseph Houseman (pictured) engaged a phalanx of local police for a 40-plus-minute argument as he held a…
The Benton Harbor Riots of 2003 in Michigan started after a pair of suspicious deaths of Black men that allegedly involved the police. The town, which rests on the west side of the state by Lake Michigan, was plagued by riots in the past. The 2003 riots just escalated the rising tensions. On June 16, […]
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — As Detroit works to emerge from bankruptcy following a court-supervised overhaul, another Michigan city with strong auto industry bonds could be on the brink of beginning the same process, the latest sign that the spate of municipal defaults may not have ended. Flint, which was the birthplace of General Motors and […]
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Michigan authorities say a man tried to throw a football loaded with drugs and cellphones into the yard of a state prison. State Trooper Toby Baker says Sunday’s throw in Jackson fell short, with the football landing between two fences, not in the yard where prisoners exercise. An officer at the […]
The Supreme Court dealt another blow to affirmative action programs Tuesday, upholding the right of states to ban racial preferences in university admissions. The decision came in a case brought by Michigan, where a voter-approved initiative banning affirmative action had been tied up in court for a decade. Seven other states — California, Florida, Washington, […]
A Michigan band teacher is on paid administrative leave because he reportedly duct-taped a student’s ankles to a chair. The Monroe News reports: The Jefferson High School band teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave after he reportedly duct-taped a student’s ankles to her chair to enhance proper posture that is required when playing instruments. Parents […]
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan state agencies won’t immediately recognize hundreds of same-sex marriages that were performed in the hours before an appeals court put on hold a judge’s ruling that tossed out a state ban on gay marriage, the governor’s office said Sunday. About 300 couples wed Saturday in four Michigan counties before a federal […]
An employee for Wayne County’s Airport Authority claims a colleague shared a racist e-mail about her with other workers, per WJBK. SEE ALSO: Anthony Mackie…
A “No Colors Allowed” sign that is posted outside of Beer Belly’s, a Taylor, Mich., bar, has reportedly got folks near and far up in arms.…
