May 10th, 20240By Jamal I. Bittar
In the past few weeks, over 2,600 students have been arrested across the U.S. as universities and colleges, traditionally seen as bastions of free expression, now grapple with clashes between students and overly aggressive law enforcement. The reliance on police enforcement and punitive measures to suppress protests...
January 26th, 20190Winter can be a hazardous time of year. Frigid temperatures and slick roads can be dangerous. Being prepared will help you and your family remain safe this winter. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide a number of winter safety tips to help you prepare for freezing temperatures and prevent injuries and illness....
October 5th, 20180DEARBORN — Curious about how often students at Michigan’s colleges are robbed or busted for drug and alcohol abuse? While those may seem like primary problems to deal with, colleges are also taking many safety precautions to maintain student and faculty safety.
Safety escorts
Many campuses like Henry Ford College (HFC) and the...
September 3rd, 20180As our young adults start another academic year at Michigan colleges and universities, State Fire Marshal Kevin Sehlmeyer is urging students and their parents to make fire prevention a top priority and practice life-saving fire safety measures whether living on- or off-campus.
“Having working smoke alarms and carbon monoxide...
August 19th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to a new study by WalletHub, which ranks state with the best and worst school systems, Michigan ranked at number 31 in the United States. This puts more than half of the states in the county at higher rankings.
WalletHub, a Washington, D.C.-based personal finance website, compared public school systems...
August 5th, 20180HARTFORD, Conn. — A 16-year old high school student designed a website with resource intended to help immigrant children and teenagers understand and prepare for the possible deportations of their parents or guardians.
Jody Bell said she came up with the idea after hearing some of her own close friends’ concerns about...
June 16th, 20180DEARBORN – Residents are reminded to follow state and local laws regarding the purchase and use of fireworks and to exercise extreme caution, as the Fourth of July approaches.
In addition to low-impact fireworks such as sparklers, there are powerful or airborne fireworks, known as “consumer” fireworks, that are legal for sale...
June 8th, 20182DETROIT — 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...
April 13th, 20180NEW YORK – Before the ink could dry on Florida Governor Rick Scott’s signature last month, critics cried foul over the bill he signed into law to spend $400 million boosting security at schools across the state following February’s Parkland mass shooting.
School officials, local sheriffs and Democrats opposed different...
March 16th, 20180LANSING — Michigan citizens affected by the Driver Responsibility Fee law will be relieved of their outstanding fees, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury.
On March 31, citizens who entered into a payment plan on or before Feb. 1 will have their outstanding driver responsibility fees eliminated, according to a press...
February 9th, 20180
HAMTRAMCK — When Saad Almasmari made history in Nov. 2015 by receiving the most votes in the Hamtramck City Council race— making it the first City Council with a Muslim-majority in the U.S— he pledged to ensure proportional representation and that the city would handle resources well enough to move on from emergency...
January 19th, 20180DETROIT — 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...
November 23rd, 20170As Arab American and Muslim families gather around the dinner table this Thanksgiving holiday, they will show gratitude for their blessings, but will also be bound to express fear for each other’s safety.
Since President Trump’s candidacy and after his election, the country has been deeply inflamed with hate crimes, racism and...
November 17th, 20173DEARBORN — Amid a recent spike in threats against places of worship, officials and mosques in Metro Detroit are tightening security and bashing a new gun legislation that passed in the Michigan Senate last week.
It was tense at the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 8, when the Senate passed in a 25-12 vote a bill allowing the...
November 17th, 20170DEARBORN — "The objective of any speed limit is that it can be reasonable, enforceable and that it assures a maximum limit," according to the Michigan Department of Transportation's website.
Although, according to some experts, appealing to pedestrians with a lower speed limit may be more beneficial to society.
"Many of the...
