Although African-Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African-Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the Black and […]

A business owner is insisting he isn’t racist, although the Confederate flags and nooses hung at his Discount Tree Service store tell a different story. The paraphernalia was hung at Robert Tomanovich’s tree store in Livonia, Mich., according to the New York Daily News. When people began to complain about the flags and the noose Tomanovich had hanging […]

The Inkster, Mich. police officer caught on dash cam beating and dragging a Black man during a Jan. 28 traffic stop has been charged with two felony counts, MSNBC reports. A county prosecutor announced the charges Monday following the beating that left 57-year-old Floyd Dent injured. Officer William Melendez allegedly punched Dent 16 times in […]

The Inkster, Michigan police officer involved in the beating of Detroit native Floyd Dent has been fired, according to Michigan Live.  William Melendez was officially fired on Wednesday after his five-day suspension for the incident. Dent, 57, reportedly ran a traffic light in January and was pulled out of his car by Melendez and another […]

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A Michigan eighth grader who was taunted with racial slurs on a school bus says he’s afraid to return to school, where the bulliers have returned with no more than a proverbial slap on the wrist, according to WDIV-TV. The station reports that Bloomfield Hills Middle School honor-roll student Phoenix Williams says he doesn’t really […]

Although African Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, we account for 33 percent of the missing in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s database. Cases involving African Americans also tend to receive less media coverage than missing Whites, with missing men of color getting even less attention. NewsOne has partnered with the […]

On Thursday, I spoke to former Notre Dame star and current Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate, about the final game between Michigan and Notre Dame,…

On May 4th in Kalamazoo, Mich., White 63-year-old Joseph Houseman (pictured)  engaged a phalanx of local police for a 40-plus-minute argument as he held a rifle over his shoulder, parade-style, in broad daylight. After receiving several calls about the odd site by passersby, police finally went to where Houseman, who was wearing pajamas, was spotted. […]

About an hour before Michigan opened up the season against Appalachian State on Saturday, Michigan announced that wide receiver Devin Funchess had decided to change…

You ever hear the term, “revenge is sweet?’ Well who ever said that must have had the Michigan Wolverines in mind because on Saturday afternoon…

After earning offers from Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan, we knew it was only a matter of time before the Michigan State Spartans offered…

A Detroit man is facing federal charges after he tried to toss a football filled with drugs, cell phones and other contraband into a Michigan prison yard. Christen Deon-Sterling Moore, 32, is charged with trying to deliver heroin, marijuana, cell phones and tobacco via the football, which didn’t make it to its intended target. A […]