Category : News Talk

Trump’s Agenda: Taxes

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In addition to extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one of his signature achievements in his first term, President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a long list of tax cuts, from elimi...

Local Free Program Moves African-American Business Women Turn Side Hustle Into Full-Time

According to the Small Business Administration, Black women-owned businesses are the fastest-growing demographic of entrepreneurs in the country. But found that Black Women still are challenged in their journey to economic mobility and creating g...

D.C. City Council Stealthily Passes Bill To Create a ‘Reparations Task Force’ To Explore Giving Money to Black Residents

Washington, D.C., could soon join other cities exploring the idea of paying reparations to Black residents after the city council unanimously surreptitiously passed a bill – with an innocuous name – to create a reparations task force. The bill stil...

Trust in U.S. media hit an all-time low in 2024 − a new survey shows Black midwesterners have found other trusted messengers of news

Black Detroiters mentioned Fox 2 anchor Maurielle Lue as a trusted messenger. Screenshot from Fox 2 Detroit by Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University In 2024, Gallup reported Americans’ trust in media was at an all-time low. In 1972, only abou...

Detroit Youth Choir Spreads Holiday Cheer with New Album ‘Equations’ & Concert Tonight

Image courtesy of Detroit Youth Choir The Detroit Youth Choir will bring the holiday spirit to life this Friday, December 20, with a festive Christmas concert at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn. The event will feature belo...

Detroit’s reparations task force now has until 2025 to make its report, but going slow with this challenging work may not be a bad thing

The work of crafting reparations at the municipal level is fierce. Detroiters know. In November 2021, residents voted to create a reparations committee that would make recommendations for housing and economic development programs to address historica...

PERSPECTIVE: Michael Vick’s new post at Norfolk State is an example of the Deion Sanders effect

New California voter ID ban puts conservative cities at odds with state

By Alexei Koseff | CALmatters California has become the latest battleground over voter identification requirements, a longtime conservative priority newly propelled in recent years by election fraud complaints from President-elect Donald Trump. Unde...

Capital One-Discover Merger Would Be A Boost Small To Business

By Ahmad Holmes | Special to The OBSERVERThe impact of Black-owned businesses on the world’s fifth-largest economy is monumental and cannot be overstated. In 2020, California was home to 197,000 Black-owned businesses, which created over 220,000 jobs...

In ‘Nickel Boys,’ striving for a new way to see

By Jake Coyle | The Associated PressEthan Herisse, from left, RaMell Ross, and Brandon Wilson pose for a portrait to promote the film “Nickel Boys” on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)NEW YORK (AP) — RaMell Ross...

Darrell Steinberg, Sacramento’s Outgoing Mayor, Reflects On City’s Equity Commitment, Growth And Challenges

By Stephen Magagnini and Robert Hansen | OBSERVER StaffDarrell Steinberg, speaking in his office Dec. 9, says he made racial equity a paramount initiative in his eight years as Sacramento’s mayor as part of an effort “to insist that we all try to cha...

Investigation after Breonna Taylor’s killing prompts agreement on police reform in Louisville

By Dylan Lovan and Alanna Durkin Richer | The Associated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and the city of Louisville have reached an agreement to reform the city’s police force after an investigation prompted by the fatal polic...

OBSERVER Person of The Year : Dr. Luke Wood

By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff WriterGoing from a student to the president of his alma mater was something Dr. Luke Wood envisioned as an undergraduate more than 20 years ago.“I was obnoxious in telling everybody who would listen that I was...

What We Know About the Drones

Q: Who is flying the drones that are appearing over the East Coast? A: On Dec. 17, four federal agencies said they followed up more than 5,000 reported drone sightings and determined that they were lawful private and law enforcement drones and ot...

Oakland County’s Next Chapter: Dave Coulter’s Leadership Ushers in Change and Relief

Oakland County residents witnessed a pivotal moment as County Executive Dave Coulter was sworn in for his second four-year term at the Elections Division of the Oakland County Clerk/Register of Deeds Office in Pontiac. This quiet yet p...