Asthma sufferers in Detroit, the city with the highest number of asthma cases resulting in complications, are disproportionately affected by environmental, healthcare access, and socioeconomic factors, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America’s annual report.
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Posted inWord In Black
Why Black Thrivers Are the Future
The Institute for AfroUrbanism, founded by Detroit resident Lauren Hood, is redefining the narrative about Black communities by focusing on what makes them thrive, rather than what they lack, through its fellowship program.
Posted inCulture
Judge Awards Aretha Franklin’s Property to Her Sons
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia A Michigan judge has allocated properties owned by the late legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin to her sons based on a 2014 […]
Posted inBusiness
Feeding the Freedom to Grow
This nonprofit strives to help community members appreciate the value of volunteering by allowing them to have a hands-on therapeutic and inspiring experience. Their aim is to remind others that when you plant a seed… a plant will grow when given the time, consistency, and care. A concept in which their organization was founded on from taking their idea (a seed) and now harvesting what they’ve produced in the last decade through consistency and care.
Posted inOpinion
COMMENTARY: Redistricting is Voter Suppression Too
By Ben Jealous When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city of Detroit had at […]