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How Coleman Young transformed Detroit's Riverfront, starting with Chene Park | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAs we celebrate the completion of the Riverwalk to include the link along the former Uniroyal site...
Opinion: From Coleman Young to Big Gretch: Exploring Detroit hip-hop's political evolution
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOn Aug. 11, 1973, an 18-year-old aspiring DJ named Clive Campbell — better known as DJ Kool Herc —...
Flashback: What Coleman Young really meant when he said 'Hit 8 Mile' 50 years ago
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDetroit ushered in its first Black mayor in January 1974 with a boisterous inauguration that...
Mayor Mike Duggan appoints Charles Simms as Detroit fire commissioner
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMayor Mike Duggan officially appointed Detroit's interim fire commissioner to serve permanently at a...
Mayor Mike Duggan flexes White House ties to drive money, aid to Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOne night during his honeymoon in Egypt in 2021, Mayor Mike Duggan received a call from the White...
Don't bury Mike Duggan — he's not dead yet! Still, the race for mayor of Detroit is on.
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe only thing I can say for sure about the race for mayor of Detroit is that I will NOT be a...
She met Kwame Kilpatrick at Panera Bread, asked for help with unique Detroit exhibit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoSince 2000, Jackets for Jobs has assisted more than 35,000 job seekers by providing professional...
Detroit Mayor Duggan endorses Mary Waters' congressional campaign
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMACKINAC ISLAND — Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced his support Thursday for At-Large Detroit City...
Detroit's 40-year reign as nation's largest majority-Black city may be over
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMayor Mike Duggan blasted recent census estimates for 2022 that show another year of population loss...
Detroit wanted to spruce up downtown ahead of NFL draft. Instead, we got deja vu | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA $215,000 contract for murals downtown is causing a lot of drama in Detroit City Hall — all of...