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It was all over the internet last week. The World Health Organization came out with it’s final declaration that bacon causes cancer, just as much as smoking. Only the final study came out in the spring and just made the headlines. It probably would have gotten more play, but the main sream media was busy giving Trump negative coverage for anything he did at that time. This finding, probably made the food police quite happy. They have been wanting to get rid of bacon and other processed meats s...
Do certain Democrats really want to win their elections in November? Not by what some have been saying. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had the biggest recent gaffe, last week, when he said that America will never be great again, because it has never been great. That was met by a roomful of gasps, by even his supporters. Governor Cuomo tried to walk it back a bit, but it hasn’t really taken. This ranks up there former first daughter, Chelsea Clinton implying that abortions were actually good f...
As teams gear up for the NFL season, President Trump is reviving his destructive and diversionary attacks aimed at turning fans against players. The league office stepped in it, by unilaterally declaring that players who do not wish to stand during the national anthem, should stay in the locker room. The NFL players association had little choice but to force negotiations over that insult. Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, is a decent guy. But he stuck his foot in it as well, when he...
There are regular outbursts of violence across Detroit and America as a whole, and this violence is often described as random, purposeless and senseless. It seems that as soon as we are over the shock wave of one incident of bloodshed and mayhem, there is another outbreak to hold us in its torrid, crimson grasp. There are mountains of coverage devoted to excavating and shedding light on every detail of the violent act itself; from the number of bullets fired, or the kinds of stab wounds, or the...
I know it was the primaries and you can't vote across party lines, but it was important to make your choices known for the general election in November. I don't like the fact that you can't vote across party lines in the primaries. I wanted to vote for both John James for Senate and Shri Thanedar for Governor. I think it will be Bill Schuette and Gretchen Whitmer getting the nods for governor. Wait a second?? Did Jim just say he wanted Shri Thanedar to get the nomination for governor for the...
citizens we have the privilege of being able to select our officials. This American right was not granted, but earned. We have all heard or read stories about what it took to earn the right to vote. We must not forget. Many of our family members died and were beaten trying to earn the right to vote. (Watch the movie Selma if you don’t know about it) Our forefathers went through so much to earn their right to vote; whether is was taking an oral test, being spreth. Voting can be seen as an obligat...
The United States has the shameful distinction of having one of the highest rates of juvenile detention and incarceration in the world. Numerous studies and testimonies reveal that institutions of juvenile imprisonment are no better than adult facilities and, in some ways, they are worse. Assaults and abuses by inmates and staff are rampant, and violence is utilized as the most persuasive currency and most viable solution to problems and challenges in America's places of youth detention....
f President Donald Trump's last Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is any indication, his latest pick in Brett Kavanaugh will do the civil rights community no favors, National Urban League President Marc Morial said following the announcement of the president's high court nominee. Morial wasn't alone, as many others joined in to call on the Senate to reject Kavanaugh, 53, who currently serves as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Some of Kavanaugh's more...
LANSING – Hundreds of voters rallied in front of the Hall of Justice today to protect their right vote in November on the Voters Not Politicians redistricting reform ballot measure, as the Michigan Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the issue inside. "The Michigan Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that our proposal belongs on the ballot, saying the effort by the pro-gerrymandering group 'Citizens Protecting Michigan's Constitution' has 'no merit,'" said Katie Fahey, founder and executive d...
Face it, no matter who President Trump would’ve named to the Supreme Court, the Left would’ve come out against them. So much so, that one group sent out a press briefing, before Brett Kavanaugh was named, with an XX where the name was supposed to go. Since naming Kavanaugh, the Left has been unhinged. They brought out the tried and warned out arguments that they always come out with whenever a Republican president names a conservative judge. “Women will die”, “America will end as we know it”,...
My mother has been living in the same house in Detroit since 1965 and did not have problems paying her water bill until recently. When she became disabled, she had to figure out how to live on a fixed income. She, along with many others who are living on low fixed incomes, have to decide whether to pay their water bill or to buy the medicine that they need or to put food on the table. These decisions are not made lightly. The average past due water bill in Detroit is $663. With the median household income at $26,249 (compared with $57,617 for n...
Dear U.S. Media, Democrats, Republicans, Independents and to the concerned Americans who poured out into the streets to protest Donald Trump's cruel and faulty immigration policies, What about us? We understand and applaud your response to this administration's malevolent separation of immigrant families from their children-policies and practices so un-American and shocking that they have come to dominate the national conversation. Your immediate, visceral response to evil spurred you into...
It was 1958 and a little known winger, from the Quebec Aces, was called up to the Boston Bruins. That winger was Willie O'Ree, the first black hockey player in the National Hockey League. He is often referred to as the "Jackie Robinson of Hockey", though he might argue you about that. It then took 16 years and league expansion for the next black player, Mike Marson, was drafted by the Washington Capitols in 1974. By the mid 2010s, there were 23 black players in the NHL, the most prominent being...
I know it is the Thursday after Father’s Day, but a story that started last year reared it’s ugly head again this year. The idea to change from Father’s Day to Special Person’s Day. The theory is to not offend children who may not have a father. This also brings a question: what about Mother’s Day? Well, one school in Australia has decided to celebrate U. N. International Day of Families instead. ??? What is that? A politically correct day that doesn’t offend. Changing Father’s Day to Specia...
Last week, the world witnessed something that had never been done before in the history of politics in the United States. Not only did Democratic voters in Georgia elect a 44-year-old African American candidate as the first-ever Black gubernatorial nominee in the state, they also made history by electing the first Black woman to be a major party nominee for governor in the United States. That's right-former Georgia House Minority Leader and attorney Stacey Abrams soundly defeated her opponent,...
There is an old Vulcan proverb; "Only Nixon can go to China." Now there is a new one; "Only Trump can talk to Kim." The Trump legacy hangs on what happens after this week's summit North Korean leader (dictator) Kim Jung Un. By early accounts, the summit seems to be a mild success. We won't know for a few years if this has been really successful. It didn't take until Bush 41 for the Berlin Wall to come down after Reagan's summits with then Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. But we can take away fro...
. Martin Luther King's final mission was to build and launch a Poor People's Campaign across lines of race, religion and region. He called for a "revolution of values" to address the "triplets of evil" - militarism, racism and economic injustice. People should not die from poverty in the richest nation in the world, he argued. It was time to speak out; silence was a betrayal. What Dr. King taught 50 years ago is even more relevant today. That's why I joined with Rev. William J. Barber II and...
I was watching Supergirl last Monday when I suddenly started to get a lecture in gun control. Not in person but from the show. This isn't the first time that a CW Arrowverse show preached about gun control. Last year the show Arrow approached the subject. Which causes me and many others to ask, why must the left turn everything into a political message. I just want to be entertained not constantly informed. If I want to be informed I'll turn on FOX News or CNN. The left seems to take everything...
Let me begin by apologizing for not addressing the following situation quickly and in a timely manner. I know there has been some confusion as it pertains to the Inkster Public Library. Since January 2018, the Inkster Public Library has been permanently closed due to severe building issues. However, our Inkster Library Board has been working at full force and aggressively to secure a new facility for our community. We are not just sitting around looking at the clock. And yes, we are currently lo...
Protesters held a rally in front of the National Football League's New York City headquarters on May 25 after the league announced new rules that punish players who don't stand for the national anthem. Tamika Mallory said that the NFL owners were acting as a "proxy for a fascist president" and that the new policy was an attempt to "resurrect slavery in the 21st century" and punish Black players. The kneeling protests started when former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began...
According to U.S. Census Bureau Reports, the nation's racial and ethnic minorities will outnumber those of its White population by the year 2042. Implicit in this prediction is that a non-White American majority population is ominous and undesirable and would usher in an era of incompetence and savagery. The fear of a dark or non-White majority has its genesis in two basis beliefs. One is that non-Whites will overwhelm and dominate a country that's been (from its birth) a nation of White...
Comic book geeks unite! It is once again time for Free Comic Book Day. A day put aside to celebrate the quintessential American art form, the comic book. In years past the comic book has had its share of trouble; Being thought of as picture books with drawings of scantily clothed women. But since the release of the first Iron Man movie nearly ten years ago, comics have had a bit of a resurgence. Even if comic book stores seem to be closing. But the strong stores such as Green Brain, Comix Oasis and Pack Shack should survive. Wonder World...
LANSING – The nonpartisan Voters Not Politicians group will promptly and vigorously respond to procedural objections filed by a litigious pro-gerrymandering group intended to block voters from considering in November the redistricting reform proposal signed by more than 425,000 registered voters. That pro-gerrymandering group, Citizens Protecting the Michigan Constitution, (CPMC), which seeks to perpetuate the current partisan districting system that puts politicians and lobbyists in charge o...
All you have to do is crack open a history book, or sit with one of our experienced elders, and you will learn about the many sacrifices made by people of all races in order to ensure Black people obtained the uninhibited right to vote. No other group of people in America have benefited more from the sacrifices made by so many people who fought, bled and died fighting for our freedom and the right to vote, as Black people have. The freedom Black Americans experience today came with a...
As a community, we hope and try our best to keep our children out of harm's way. Knowing we cannot be with them every second of the day, we teach them to look both ways when crossing the street, not to touch hot stoves or to play with matches. We teach them not to talk to or go with strangers. We know that in preparing them to fly the nest, we should encourage their dreams and aspirations and foster the belief that most people are good and trustworthy. But, then the news of Larry Nassar's...
