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Articles from the May 30, 2019 edition


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  • Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen Puts Residents First

    Renee Summers, Telegram Reporter|May 30, 2019

    Inkster Mayor Byron Nolen wants to introduce his city to the rest of the region. In order to accomplish that, he has been working steadily on numerous enhancements to the city since his election to the office in November of 2015. Previously working as an attorney, Nolen was trying to decide which mayoral candidate to support early in 2015 when someone suggested to him that he run for mayor himself. While being an attorney had always been his dream, Nolen began to consider the impact he could... Full story

  • Red Bull Arts Detroit Viewfinder series:

    Xaiver Jones, Telegram Media Specialist|May 30, 2019

    Detroit has a reputation for talent and history. Detroit's culture of art, style and music will all always thrive. But voices outside the arts have shifted the narrative. Chunks of the lineage has been forgotten, and unappreciated. The Red Bull Arts Detroit Slideshow Series gathered John E. Collins and Dimitri Hegemann. To discuss the past, present, and future of techno music; and how the movement affected their hometowns. John and Dimitri were born on two different sides of the world. John bein... Full story

  • Rev. Horace Sheffield, Dabo and the Struggle for Social Justice

    Steven Malik Shelton|May 30, 2019

    The Detroit Association of Black Organizations (Dabo) is a consortium of organizations and community groups that work together and provide resources and services for the overlooked and the underserved in metropolitan Detroit. Located at the intersection of Grand River and Wyoming on Detroit's west side, one of its slogans is "Building Unity in the Black Community." Some of the organizations that synchronize their efforts with Dabo to empower people are the Detroit Council for Political Education... Full story

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