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Property is Power! The Economy of the Black Dollar 

By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum  There is a quiet contradiction at the center of the Black American economic experience one that is rarely confronted with the...

Money Matters:  Franchising Fuels Growth 

By Mark S. Lee A quiet but powerful shift is underway in the American economy—and it’s landing squarely in Michigan. According to the 2026 Franchising...

Money Matters: Why Supporting Black Businesses Is Everyone’s Business

By Mark S. Lee Detroit is a city of innovators, and entrepreneurs. It's dynamic and has been and still is a national leader and home...

Property is Power! The Quiet Return of Credit Barriers 

By Dr. Anthony O. Kellum, Contributing Writer  How Modern Lending Standards Are Recreating Old Inequities and What Black Homebuyers Must Do About It.  There is no headline...

Supreme Court Questions Trump Bid to Fire First Black Woman Federal Reserve Governor, Lisa Cook

Thirty-year mortgage rates do not wait for politics to calm down. They move on expectations, on fear, on the credibility of the institutions that...

From Jail to Judge, From Screen to Stage: Judge Greg Mathis Brings His Life Story Home to Detroit 

When famed and critically acclaimed judge Greg Mathis steps onto the stage at Detroit’s historic Music Hall on January 16 and 17, it will represent the culmination...

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop....

Almost half of evicted women and families in metro Detroit say they were illegally pushed out of their homes

In many U.S. communities, eviction moratoriums that were in place during the pandemic have expired. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images by Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State...

Detroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing

Members of the task force listen at a public meeting. Screenshot/Channel 10 by Kamri Hudgins, University of Michigan; Erykah Noelle Benson, University of Michigan; Mara...

White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights

A member of the Michigan National Guard stands at the ready as firemen battle a blaze in Detroit in July 1967. AP Photo by Say...

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