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October 15, 2020 at 9:08 am

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — When #MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke thinks about the group's future as the world celebrates its anniversary, her vision is clear. It...

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October 2, 2020 at 12:01 am

Trump debate comment pushing Black Americans, others to vote

DETROIT (AP) — When President Donald Trump refused to outright condemn white nationalists in this week's presidential debate and urged his supporters to monitor polling...

September 24, 2020 at 8:00 am

AP-NORC poll: Support for racial injustice protests declines

NEW YORK (AP) — As the decision in Kentucky to bring charges against only one of three police officers involved in the raid that killed...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II at Headliners Barbershop in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) MIPS105 MIPS105

September 21, 2020 at 9:13 pm

Black voters in Detroit key for Biden, but are they engaged? VIEW

DETROIT (AP) — Wendy Caldwell-Liddell is tired of waiting for change in Detroit. The nation’s largest Black-majority city has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic...

September 18, 2020 at 5:30 am

Biden makes push for voters on National Black Voter Day

DETROIT (AP) — Joe Biden’s campaign unveiled a series of nationwide digital events Friday targeting Black voters in swing states — a strategic move by...

September 17, 2020 at 6:40 am

AMERICA DISRUPTED: Troubles cleave a nation, and a city VIEW

SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — It was difficult to celebrate America in Saginaw this year. The deadly coronavirus had torn through the county. Unemployment had surged...

September 17, 2020 at 6:38 am

‘If not now, when?’: Black women seize political spotlight VIEW

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The little girl ran up to her, wide-eyed and giddy. “Are you Charisse Davis?” the fourth grader asked. Davis was stunned....

September 6, 2020 at 5:27 am

Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Memorial Day brought the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, prompting hundreds of thousands of Americans to take...

September 6, 2020 at 5:25 am

Summer of protest: Chance for change, but obstacles exposed VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Memorial Day brought the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, prompting hundreds of thousands of Americans to take...

August 29, 2020 at 10:21 am

‘How dare we not vote?’ Black voters organize after DC march VIEW

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tears streamed down Brooke Moreland’s face as she watched tens of thousands gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to decry...