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A new report has shown celebratory news for Detroit, MI. “The Growth of Housing Wealth in Detroit and its Neighborhoods: 2014-2022,” a study by the University of Michigan Poverty Solutions, has been released showing that Black homeowners in Detroit have “gained $2.8 billion in home value,” per a news release. View this post on Instagram A post shared by City of Detroit (@cityofdetroit) Beginning in 2014, the study was conducted after Detroit’s municipal bankruptcy. In July 2013, Detroit became “the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy,” per AP News. The news release details that the study had a goal of finding out if the city’s housing values had seen growth across those nine years, and if these improvements had been fairly distributed across Detroit neighborhoods and racial/ethnic groups. With an 94% overall increase in home value, and 80% increase for Black homeowners specifically, since the study started, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan credits residents stabilizing...
A patent from technology company Apple shows that it is working on tech innovations for its AirPods product. Back in July 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published an application filed by Apple in January 2023. Within the application, the tech giant mentioned a wearable electronic device that is comprised of a processor that is arranged to identify active electrodes for sensing biosignals — “electrical activity of a brain of a user.” “The processor is further configured to: control the switching circuit for acquiring measurements corresponding to the biosignal being senses using the identified subset of the one or more subsets of active electrodes and the identified subset of the one or more subsets of reference electrodes,” the application wrote. Typically, brain activity is monitored with electrodes on a person’s scalp. However, Apple shared its claim that measuring brain activity “using electrodes placed in or around the outer ear may be preferred due to...
The emergence of the holiday season usually means an array of parties, an abundance of shopping, and a lot of seasonal foods and drinks. And when it comes to food, some venture out and try new recipes. However, many people stick to their parents’ and grandparents’ tried-and-true culinary dishes. While the consistency of grandma’s sweet potato pie and deeply brewed sweet tea never misses, former NBA star Al Harrington is putting quite the unique spin on some of his favorites from his grandma that he believes will not disappoint. Harrington enjoyed a long and successful career in the NBA, spending 18 seasons with seven teams. During his time, he averaged 13.5 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. As he approached the final years of his basketball career, Harrington entered an industry many may not have thought of for him. However, inspiration from a loved one sparked his entrepreneurial pursuits. Harrington had a close relationship with his grandmother Viola. She had long suffered from...
Big Freedia has had quite an eventful year. She was a cast member on BET+’s “College Hill: Celebrity Edition” and was sampled yet again by Beyoncé on “Break My Soul” — which is No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 (as of this writing). “This is my first #1song credit as a writer and I’m beyond grateful,” she wrote via Instagram. “Thank you again @beyonce for including me on this iconic track, and in this historic moment, for the culture, for LGBTQ+ artists, and for giving us a bigger platform to continue to spread joy of bounce music.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Big Freedia 👑 (@bigfreedia) What’s next up for Big Freedia? She’s bouncing into the growing cannabis industry.
