Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
Serving Metropolitan Detroit Since 1944
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The Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits the state to inflict cruel and unusual punishment, and the courts from setting excessive bail and fines. This is necessary because the American judicial system is based on the premise that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court of law. And since poor people are the most vulnerable and the least likely to be able to pay to be released on bail, the Eighth Amendment is a protection from jails being turned...
Steven Malik Shelton is a simple man. But heaps of issues, concepts, and theories keep him going. Marriage, fatherhood, writing, and even Martial Arts are just a few things that keep Shelton's blood flowing. Shelton was born in Chicago and raised all over the nation. Living in California during the Rodney King riots, and Detroit and Chicago during the peaks of violence and police brutality. He's had the privilege of experiencing first hand, the injustices offered on the prominent sides of...
Normally, what stories are told out of the city of Detroit? Action, suspense, and crime normally cross my eyes when browsing local bookstores. The Empress' New Hair is something that defies the norm. Detroit native, author, and librarian Stephanie Fazekas Hardy created the first fairy tale that takes place in the city. Stephanie goes by the pen name SF Hardy. Empress Zaina Niara of Detroit is confused. Her highness doesn't know what to do with her hair. How can an empress rule an entire empire...
