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This is certainly an interesting political campaign for Mayor in the nation’s capital. In January I wrote a Friday Comment titled The Perils of Bourgeois Politics and this campaign certainly looks like I was dead on in my commentary according to this Washington Post article. Lets keep our eyes on this campaign because it will [...]

MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) – Muskegon community members gathered Thursday evening in response to the recent string of violence in the area. There have been four deadly shootings in recent weeks, among other incidents.
Residents held the peace rally in an effort to make a difference in the community, they told 24 Hour News 8.

City, county Officials [...]

Spike Lee returns to document New Orleans 5 years later with a sequel to his Emmy Award winning documentary “When the Levees Broke”. In conjunction with HBO Spike is back in the Big Easy documenting the progress and lack there of in rebuilding one the nation’s most distinct and culturally diverse cities with a film [...]

Citizens and law enforcement work to combat violent crime in Detroit. DETROIT (WXYZ) – A community effort is underway in Detroit where leaders are trying to take back the streets in the wake of recent violent crimes.
The effort follows Monday night’s wild police chase and two reported attacks on elderly women over the weekend.
During a [...]

For all the talk of Maxine Water’s so call “ethics violations” the people in her district love and respect her. We have very few “Democrats,” especially blue-dog ones standing up for the black and brown urban working class and poor. We will watch the outcomes of Ms. Water’s very carefully.
Still Waters: Lawmaker remains popular at [...]

The national unemployment rate is about 9.5 percent, but among African-Americans the figure is nearly 16 percent.

Obama honors GR’s Mary K. Hoodhood
Kids Food Basket founder gets Presidential Medal
Source: Wood TV 8
Updated: Wednesday, 04 Aug 2010, 6:39 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 04 Aug 2010, 1:03 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is honoring 13 people for their commitment to helping their communities, country or fellow Americans.
Obama said the winners of the [...]

Congress Approves Crack Cocaine Sentencing Changes
Tribune Washington Bureau
3:19 PM PDT, July 28, 2010
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Washington…Addressing what both Democrats and Republicans agreed was a quarter-century old injustice in drug sentencing, Congress gave final approval Wednesday to a bill reducing the penalty for crack cocaine offenders.
The legislation, which was welcomed by the Obama administration, reduces the disparities between sentences [...]

Detroit blight to be tracked by law
Owners of vacant homes must now register

BY NAOMI R. PATTON
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Detroit is battling its ongoing problem of vacant homes and blight with a new law that holds property owners more accountable.
The Detroit City Council approved the Vacant Property Registration ordinance this month, joining hundreds [...]

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Listen to an interview with James T. Paris on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show
James T. Patterson is Ford Foundation Professor of History emeritus at Brown University, where he taught for thirty years. His research interests include political, legal, and social history, as well [...]