By Kate Stockrahm I try to keep my Village Life contributions light, my friends, but this year is not off to a great start.

By Canisha Norris In 2023, Shareka Howard, along with her two daughters Shiann, 28, and Patrice, 16, started their ...

The Flint City Bucks begin their 2026 season with a non-league contest at 6:30 p.m. today at Don Batchelor Stadium in Grand Blanc. The Bucks will host Forward Madison FC, a Wisconsin-based member of ...

By Harold C. Ford The February 18, 2026 meeting of the Flint Board of Education (FBOE) featured a revised plan for the ...

A little over six years ago, I penned an appeal to Republicans as President Donald Trump entered the last year of his first term – a time at which he was facing several impeachments. Today, Trump is ...

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In 1923, Calvin Coolidge became president after Harding’s death, Hitler was arrested in Germany for an attempted coup, Hemingway returned from Paris, publishing his first short stories including “Up ...

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Ed. note: this historical analysis originally appeared in the September, 1983 issue of The Michigan Voice, (Vol. 7, No. 6). We are reprinting it with Harold Ford’s permission to complement and offer ...