Christine Fernando

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020, file photo, an election worker holds a ballot as vote counting in the general election continues at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. President-elect Joe Biden won in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia because of Black voters, many of them concentrated in big cities. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Trump election challenges sound alarm among voters of color

November 22, 2020 at 2:55 p.m.

DETROIT — When longtime Detroit community advocate Frank McGhee watched two Republican canvassers vote against certifying election results in the majority Black city, he was furious.McGhee, 58, has spent more than two...

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, right, takes a picture of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris posing for a photo on Sept. 22, 2020 with Egypt Otis and her nine-year-old daughter Eva Allen in front of their downtown Flint, Mich., bookstore, the Comma Bookstore & Social Hub. For countless women and girls, Harris' achievement of reaching the second highest office in the country represents hope, validation and the shattering of a proverbial glass ceiling that has kept mostly white men perched at the top tiers of American government. “My daughter is going to be a part of history because she had the opportunity to have a conversation with our first Black woman vice president,” said Otis. “It just shows you how important representation is." (AP Photo/Katrease Stafford)

Kamala Harris win inspires women and girls nationwide

November 9, 2020 at 7:34 p.m.

DETROIT — When Ashley Richardson-George’s 5-year-old daughter saw Kamala Harris wearing a white suffragette suit during her prime-time victory speech on Saturday, she ran into her room and came back minutes later...

La Tanya Autry, una becaria de curaduría en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Cleveland, posa frente al museo el jueves 8 de octubre de 2020. (AP Foto/Tony Dejak)

Activistas exigen a museos mejorar su representacion racial

November 6, 2020 at 6:06 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — Desde que tenía unos 5 años, a La Tanya Autry le encantaba visitar museos como el Instituto de Arte de Detroit con su mamá. Se deleitaba con los espectáculos, bailes...

La Tanya Autry, a curatorial fellow at The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, poses outside of the museum in Cleveland on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. Museums are being called on to examine what's on their walls amid a national reckoning on racism. Among 18 major U.S. museums, 85% of artists featured are white, while 87% are men, according to a 2019 study conducted at Williams College. Autry helped start an initiative called Museums Are Not Neutral. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Museums face calls to better represent people of color

November 7, 2020 at 12:51 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS — As young as 5 years old, La Tanya Autry loved visiting local museums like the Detroit Institute of Art with her mom. She relished the shows, dances and plays she...

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, people cast their vote early in Chicago. Black Americans and other people of color say President Donald Trump’s refusal to outright condemn white nationalists during this week's debate has strengthened their resolve to vote in November. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Trump debate comment pushing Black Americans, others to vote

October 2, 2020 at 12:30 p.m.

DETROIT — When President Donald Trump refused to outright condemn white nationalists in this week's presidential debate and urged his ers to monitor polling sites, Portia Roberson was reminded of earlier eras...

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