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President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders announced the $2 trillion economic stimulus package-the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to great fanfare, touting the deliverables of different aspects of the provisions and their belief in its ability to slow the economic tsunami exacerbated by the novel coronavirus pandemic. One of the major selling points is a $1,200 one-time payment to adults. The pandemic has cut a wide and deadly swathe through communities across...
Working as a first responder is a stressful job. Increasingly, fire and police departments are realizing the therapeutic, calming effect an animal can have on distressed workers. At the Inkster Fire Department, Captain Ben Fergusons says the crew discovered firsthand just how having an animal around transformed the moods of everyone in the firehouse when one of the firefighters brought his new puppy to work for a few hours last year. "They brought the dog up here with permission, and it was...
The NAACP issued the following statement regarding the Treasury Department's announcement that Donald Trump's name would be printed on stimulus checks sent to millions of Americans impacted by the coronavirus. "The NAACP condemns this unprecedented and brazenly political action of the Treasury Department. It will delay millions of people from receiving the initial economic relief that is needed during this national crisis. Any postponement of the distribution of funds is shameful; to do so, for...
LINCOLN PARK, MI - A vacant Lincoln Park hospital will serve as an 80-bed overflow hospital amid the coronavirus outbreak. Wayne County officials on Tuesday approved that $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds be used to transform the former Vibra Hospital into a working, overflow facility. The approval clears the way for Insight Surgical Hospital to overhaul the Vibra Hospital with the capacity to grow from 80 to 440 beds as needed to deal with the crisis. "Many hospitals are at ca...
'IN THE INTERIM' - I've raced interim sprinters in interim races, / Loved interim women in interim places, / Been interim Chief of Detroit's troubled schools, / And of Madison's briefly--contending with fools. / Between the desire and the base spasm / Whence once we were sired to cross the great chasm, / From that fast spurting until the last curtain, / Between our first stirring and final interring-- / Indeed, we're ALL "interim"--yet just IN the interim??? I penned this reflectively...
On March 23, standing at the podium in the White House Briefing Room, President Trump was asked whether or not using the term "Chinese virus" when referring to COVID-19 pandemic was racist or was inspiring recent violence against Asians. "It's not racist at all. It comes from China, that's why," Trump said to punctuate the point. President Trump's press briefings on COVID-19 are carried by millions and in multiple appearances the President referred to COVID-19 as "the Chinese virus." A reporter...
