Detroit

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Another $2,000 is listed for Cornerstone Schools that year “to assist the inner city schools in Uganda,” which is what Cornerstone Schools does in Detroit and Cornerstone Development does not do in Uganda’s inner-city schools.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

But Detroit was in flames following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and they stayed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

That got Chris Chevrier in trouble when police in his Detroit exurb recently ticketed him for riding an unregistered motorcycle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Do you remember when, two years after that, they traded quarterback Jared Goff and multiple first-round picks to the Detroit Lions for Stafford?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“J Dilla. Detroit legend. He died when I was little. I’m into the classics, but all Detroit, all day. Motown, J Dilla, Slum Village.”

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi