detroit
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Black Designer Roundtable Event Wants to Inspire More Young People to Enter the Field
Designed By gives young Black students an inside look at the world of design
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Black Detroit Lawmaker Receives Racist Threats for Refusing to Entertain Widespread Voter Fraud Claims
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Trump supporters are racist. Some people might call the statement debatable or even an outright lie, but anyone who can support a man who constantly proves himself to be a xenophobe and hater of all things Black Lives Matter is no different from their cult leader in…
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NAACP LDF Sues Trump on Behalf of Black Detroit Residents, Allege Voting Rights Act Violation for Attempts to Block Michigan's Vote Certification
After a week of foolery in the process of certifying Michigan’s election results, which show the state going for decisively for President-elect Joe Biden over incumbent President Trump, Black Detroiters are fighting back against what they see as an attempt to disenfranchise them. On Friday, the NAACP Legal Defence Fund (LDF) filed a lawsuit on…
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Michigan Republicans Are Now Trying to Rescind Their Vote to Certify Wayne County Election Results…and I’m Tired
I don’t hate anyone…but man, I hate Republicans. On Wednesday, The Root reported that two Republicans on the Wayne County Board of Canvassers in Michigan—Monica Palmer and William Hartmann—tried their best to stall the certifying of election results based on concerns about unbalanced precinct numbers where the number of votes recorded in poll books didn’t…
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Republicans in Wayne County Refuse to Certify Votes From Detroit, Reverse Decision After Being Called Out for Racism and Securing Audit
Racist Republicans are trying their hardest to invalidate the results of the presidential election—specifically by targeting the ballots of Black voters. The latest indication of this was a fracas on Tuesday night at a meeting of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers in Michigan, held to certify the votes of the county in which Detroit…
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Vote Challengers Chant 'Stop the Count' at a Detroit Vote-Counting Facility
Vote challengers erupted in a chant of “stop the count” outside of a vote counting facility in Detroit on Wednesday. The Detroit Free Press reports that police officers had to push back crowds who were demanding they should be allowed in the vote tallying room at the TCF Center. Republicans whined and shouted that they…
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2 Poll Challengers in Detroit Escorted Out After Using Racist Language, Refusing to Wear Masks Properly
Two poll challengers—one wearing a Halloween mask, the other refusing to wear her face mask properly—were kicked out of a Detroit polling station on Monday as workers began processing absentee ballots from the city. As the Detroit Free Press reports, a man wearing an all-white horror-movie mask with poll challenger credentials began making a scene…
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'It Feels as if Impurities are Being Lifted Out of Your Face': A Product Review of ILERA Apothecary
I love anything from Detroit. If it’s made there, it is simply better than everything else. If you want your hair did have it styled by a Detroiter at least once. A pair of gators? Detroit’s got you. Even Biggie, may he rest in peace, knew that. But because Detroit is the biggest Black city…
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Michigan Appeals Court Grants Release of Black Girl Who Was Detained After Not Doing Online Homework
A 15-year-old Black girl who was being detained in a juvenile facility in Detroit for failing to complete online schoolwork has been granted release by the Michigan Court of Appeals. The teenage girl in question, referred to as Grace to protect her privacy, had been held in detention at the Children’s Village center for 78…