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Black religious leader, protesters hand-deliver Oreo cookies to Detroit officials

By Steve Neavling on April 1, 2013 City Government, Emergency Manager, Government, Mayor's Office, posts

Saying some Detroit officials are “black on the outside, but white on the inside,” Minister Malik Shabazz and more than a dozen protesters tried to hand-deliver Oreo cookies to city hall offices in the latest protest against an emergency manager in Detroit.

Is racism or bias leading local coverage of Detroit’s mayoral campaign?

By Steve Neavling on September 26, 2012 2013 Mayoral Election, City Government, Government, Mayor's Office, posts

Duggan is being trumpeted by the media as the most electable white mayoral candidate since the early 1970s. The story is leading most local news sites, and he hasn’t officially decided whether he’s running.