A new study done by The Media Insight Project has shed light on the way mainstream media is looked upon by black and Latino consumers – and it doesn’t look good. The mistrust that has been caused by decades of skewed representations has left 75% of African American and 67% of Latino news consumers wary …
Study: Black Consumers Are Wary of News From Mainstream Outlets Read More »
In this US Senate and Michigan Governor race, Dems can’t win without the Black vote but, do they deserve it? If there was ever a time that the Michigan Democratic Party needed the Black vote, it is this race to Replace Snyder as governor and the election for Levin’s seat in the US Senate. Recent …
Michigan Democratic Party’s Plantation Politics could cost them US Senate Read More »
For immediate release Aug. 29,2014 CITY RETIREES DEMAND COUNCIL PUT SALE/TRANSFER OF WATER & SEWERAGE DEPARTMENT ON NOVEMBER BALLOT Want Council to vote on ballot question 1st week new session The Detroit Retired and Active Employees Association (DAREA) and the WWTP Retirees demand that the City Council allow the PEOPLE to vote in the upcoming …
Citizens demand vote on transfer of precious Detroit Water Dept. Read More »
Number of Black-Owned TV Stations Plummets to… Zero We just experienced a shameful milestone in the history of U.S. media — and barely anyone noticed. There are now zero black-owned and operated full-power TV stations in our country. This sorry state of affairs is the culmination of a trend that started in the late 1990s …
Why UIN is important; There are no Black owned TV Stations Read More »
THE BLACK POWER INFLUENCE This is probably one of the more personally difficult articles to write because it is essentially a critical assessment of the Black Power Movement, and to some it can be misconstrued as simply criticism. It is true that I am not of the age to have participated in the …
January 5, 2014 Have you ever had one of those situations where days or even minutes after a conversation or event, you wish you had said something or handled something differently? Well, this past Christmas I missed one of those so called “teachable moments” as they have become known since Obama has been in office. …
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