Detroit gas station shooting stirs racial tensions, reignites talks between Arab and Black Americans

June 8th, 20182 DETROIT — A bullet fired on Mother's Day on the city's west side put a Black man in his grave and has unearthed decades-old turmoil between African American residents and Arab American businesses. A scuffle between a gas station clerk and the unarmed customer at a Citgo gas station was stopped short when Rami Ali Jaber, son of the...

Two years later, Project Green Light proving itself as beacon of hope in Detroit and beyond

January 19th, 20180 DETROIT — It was an obvious choice for Rafed White, owner of Dollar Center at Warren Avenue and Greenfield Road. In fact, he said it was "100 percent the best investment" he's made in his store. Two years after Mayor Mike Duggan and Police Chief James Craig announced Project Green Light, White and about 230 others, including...