Important Reminders from Enron’s Fall By Sen. Carl Levin Over ten years ago, December of 2010, Enron collapsed, bankrupting the seventh largest U.S. corporation at the time and ripping away the mask from a massive and damaging corporate fraud. This is a good time to reflect on what happened a decade ago and how… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
DON’T WAIT SIX WEEKS! GO ONLINE TODAY By Rufus Gaston Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Metropolitan Detroit Soon, the world’s most famous groundhog will be getting a lot of attention. On Groundhog Day, the world’s furriest weather reporter, Punxsutawney Phil, will pop out of his home to forecast one of two possibilities: an… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
A VALENTINE TIP FROM SOCIAL SECURITY By Rufus Gaston Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Metropolitan Detroit Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, making this a popular time of year for proclamations of love. Such displays of affection can be as simple and sweet as a heart with a “be mine” message,… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
Return To Ma’at Movement 2011 Schedule The Redford Branch Detroit Public Library 21200 Grand River Avenue Detroit MI 48219 January 14, 1pm – 3pm: Sankofa Study Party #1, February 4, 1pm – 3pm: Wesley Snipe’s Film “A Great And Mighty Walk,” (the life of Dr. John Henrik Clarke) March 10, 1pm – 3pm: Knosh… [Read more…]
January 26, 2012
Bruce, Blanche Kelso (1841-1898) Blanche Kelso Bruce was born a slave in 1841 in Prince Edward County, Virginia but was raised in Missouri. Shortly after the beginning of the Civil War, Bruce fled to Kansas, becoming a free man before Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. After the Civil War he returned to Missouri and founded the first… [Read more…]
January 21, 2012
Highland Park Community High School students took a huge step forward in diversifying educational opportunities for students with the announcement of the new Green Economy Leadership Center. Students will have a chance to experience an interactive outdoor educational facility that will include an urban farm, solar energy lab, and permaculture urban food forest as early… [Read more…]
January 27, 2012
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