It’s official, Kwame Kilpatrick is a fool with a big ego. We’ve known it all along but a judge let him know that his antics, you know not obeying the rules and things like that, are worthy of jail time. It’s only one day. But somehow we know that this brother will continue to take down everyone who surrounds him. Read the full story

Stephanie Mills’ Home is arguably one of my all-time favorite songs. “When I think of home, I think of a place where there’s love overflowing. I wish I was home, I wish I was back there with the things I’ve been knowing…” But for thousands of our people home is becoming the place that they have to leave because they have fallen victim to the subprime mortgage mess. And sisters and seniors have been disproportionally effected.  Read the full story

We all know that Detroit, the Motor City, has become Bizarro Land. How else can we explain the fact that Kwame Kirkpatrick remains in office and a child had to call Monica Conyers, wife of Senator John Conyers, and president pro tem of the City Council on her bad behavior?

Now, 13-year-old Keiara Bell has become famous for calling Conyers on her mess. Today, the Wall Street Journal had her story on page 1 (yes page 1, even though it was below the fold that’s still big) almost a month after she chastised Conyers. And the You Tube video of their exchange continues to garner interest (click below). Read the full story