The Detroit Transportation Corporation (DTC) has appointed Cliff Powell as the new Chief of Transit Police, a move that strengthens the city’s commitment to safety and community engagement within its growing transit system. With over 35 years of experience in law enforcement, including two decades with the Detroit Police Department, Powell’s leadership comes at a crucial time as the People Mover serves over one million passengers in 2025, contributing to the city’s efforts to revitalize and modernize its transportation network. Chief Powell’s extensive experience positions him well to manage

By Jermaine Lytle, Contributing Writer Over the last decade, Detroit natives have had a front row seat to economic development that has transformed everything from pockets of real estate in the area to its buzzing art community. Among its natives are creative movers and shakers who are committed to playing an integral role in Detroit’s continued development, understanding the need for reciprocity and service to a place that has given so much to them. JeRon “J.R.” Strozier is one of those creatives. The Detroit-born father of four has built a multi-faceted career as an artist who paints, sculpts,

Public relations professionals across Southeast Michigan gathered at Wayne State University on Nov. 20 as PRSA Detroit confirmed its 2026 Board of Directors and honored members whose work has shaped communications standards in the region. The meeting remains one of the largest annual convenings of communicators in metro Detroit, drawing representatives from corporate, nonprofit, education, government, and agency sectors. PRSA Detroit is the local chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, a national organization formed in 1947 to strengthen ethics, accreditation, and professional development across the communications field. Detroit’s chapter, established 78 years

The City of Detroit’s workforce agency, Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (DESC), has named Talitha Johnson as its new communications director. In this role, she will lead communications, branding and media relations for a wide range of major workforce initiatives managed by the agency, including key programs for the Detroit at Work system and Grow Detroit’s Young Talent. Johnson joined DESC in mid-November after serving as director of communications at the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP). “We are delighted to have Talitha joining to lead our communications team,” said Dana Williams, President of Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation. “This

There is something tender and knowing in the way Isiah Thomas speaks about the earth. It is the tenderness of a man who understands struggle and sunlight, who respects what grows slowly and what survives storms. When he began describing how his journey into renewable materials first took root, he started not with profit sheets or projections, but with the living world beneath our feet. “I began by understanding the plants and the soil,” Thomas told Black Press USA. “Rice, corn, soy, all of these crops work directly