Learning can be just as much a physical process as it is psychological. Most of us are no stranger to the fact that environmental factors can impact our ability to concentrate.One powerful ecological threat to students is on the rise in Detroit. With some of the highest levels of lead poisoning in the nation, children in the city's public schools...
Detroit will once again be the set of a Hollywood movie. The popular racing video game, "Need for Speed" will be filmed in Detroit this summer. According to the Michigan Film office, DreamWorks Studio has been awarded a tax incentive from the state of $1,370,852 on nearly $5 million of projected in-state expenditures.The movie will focus on a...
Janet Jackson and Wissam Al Mana tied the knot! It had been rumored that the lovebirds would get married in Qatar later this year, but we now know that the couple got married last year.
“The rumors regarding an extravagant wedding are simply not true. Last year we were married in a quiet, private and beautiful ceremony,” the cou...
Detroit Branch NAACP and UAW Unveil Plans for 50th Anniversary Commemorative March Down Woodward
The Detroit Branch NAACP and the UAW held a press conference today at Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School in Detroit to announce plans for the 50th Anniversary Commemorative March Down Woodward Avenue. The 50th Anniversary...
BEIJING (NNPA) – When Julia Wilson visited China for the first time in 2002, no one had to tell the former Los Angeles television reporter why China was known as “the Kingdom of Bikes.”
Wilson, who is CEO of Washington, D.C.-based Wilson Global Communications, said: “It was so different, especially with the bicycles. Imagine r...
Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr's footprint will forever be stamped in the Capitol as a result of two pieces of legislation that he passed during his 17 years in Congress.In light of his curent legal problems these two items may not be mentioned at the ceremony unveiling the new statue of Rosa Parks going into Statuary Hall on Wednesday, February...
Fantasia is not too happy with Jet Magazine right now. A teaser of her upcoming Jet cover made its way to the internet with quotes about the R&B singer enjoying the single life. Turns out that the cover the magazine decided to publish had not been approved by Fantasia. Taking to Twitter and Instagram, Fantasia commented:
Thi...
Michiganders will soon have one more way to satisfy their sweet tooth.
Bloomfield-based Taubman Centers, Inc. has announced that the Cheesecake Factory will open its doors at Twelve Oaks Mall later on this year. With locations in over half of the states across the country, it will be the first time the eatery comes to the...
According to authorities, a 28-year-old man is being held in connection with the death of his girlfriend. Police grew suspicious and searched the home after the boyfriend called on Saturday to report his 29-year-old girlfriend missing. During the search police found, what seemed to be bloody plastic.The woman’s body was found inside the couple’s Fa...
Roland S. Martin, a nationally award-winning and multifaceted journalist, will be the keynote speaker when Ford-Employees African-Ancestry Network (FANN) hosts its 32nd Annual Black History Month celebration on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. The event, “An Evening with Roland S. Martin,” will be held at the Adoba Hotel Dearborn (formerly the...
