State Rep. John Olumba has asked the Michigan attorney general to investigate the transfer of the Detroit health department to a private nonprofit corporation. He has also asked the voters of Detroit to recall Mayor Dave Bing. Do you support the recall of Mayor Bing? ...

Within a few days, many of us will cast our ballots for the next president of the United States. We will also face a host of state and local candidates. In most places in Michigan, six main statewide initiatives will be accompanied by local ballot questions. This should signal a vigorous public life. But many of us recognize there is something very wrong going on in our country. ...

Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 ...

At this year’s Detroit Public School Championship football game at Ford Field, the same squads from last year will play. But this year one squad has a different name. Formerly Crockett Tech, The East English Village Academy will face the same opponent they defeated for the PSL Crown, Martin Luther King. ...

The overflow audience rose as one. They enthusiastically cheered the Rev. Al Sharpton. His electrifying, passionate message: Don’t let the gains of the Civil Rights Movement and the historic election of President Obama be taken away. “People died to get us the right to vote,” Rev. Sharpton powerfully reminded an audience of more than 1,500 people Oct. 9. “People lost their careers. Children were bombed in c ...

As she looked back, it was the simple things in life that she missed the most about her father. And all she can do now is remember. “I turned on the news and saw the car. The license plate was blurred but deep down I knew it was my father‘s car. I knew before they even said anything.” ...

By Grace Lee Boggs Special to the Michigan Citizen On Oct. 13, I spoke at the 2012 biennial gathering of Kellogg Fellows meeting at the Detroit Westin. This year’s theme was “Resilience, Transformation, Transcendence.” Also on the program was Dr. Regina Benjamin, the U.S. surgeon general, who is a Kellogg Fellow. In my remarks, I described how drastically Detroit has changed since I moved to the city 60 yea ...

On Jan. 1, 1994, a small group of indigenous peoples in Mexico armed themselves and took control of various cities across the state of Chiapas. They burned down police headquarters, freed prisoners being held in jails and resisted with arms when the Mexican government attempted to wrest control back from them. This group of revolutionaries called themselves the Zapatistas. ...

Sandra Epps contracted Lupus when she was a child. Her misfortune is a benefit to countless children in the city of Detroit. Epps is the owner of Sandy’s Land, an entertainment services and publishing house whose mission is to empower children with books, art and programming. ...

Khalid El-Hakim is an educator from Detroit who is passionate about teaching youth about important individuals who are often left out of textbooks. His recently published book, "Drum Majors for Justice: 101 Quotes by African American Politicians," is a unique introduction to the names of historical figures, who have laid significant groundwork for contemporary U.S. politics. ...