Democrats were in trouble. It was November 1984, and white, working-class voters in Macomb County had overwhelmingly voted for President Ronald Reagan for a second term. The Dems were losing their suburban, blue-collar base, and nowhere was the loss more pronounced than in Macomb County, home of the white, unionized autoworker. Just 20 years earlier, three-quarters of Macomb County voters turned out for President Lyndon Johnson, making it the most heavily Democratic suburban county in the U.S. To figure out what happened, local Democratic Party leaders hired Yale professor and pollster Stanley Greenberg. In March 1985, Greenberg sat down with Macomb County s Democratic defectors in hotel rooms and restaurants. After more than a month of interviews, Greenberg came to an startling conclusion: White, working-class voters who long identified as Democrats were fed up, fearful, and increasingly xenophobic. Their manufacturing jobs, which provided de
Warren police investigating after Black family racially targeted I was shocked, I was devastated and I was hurt, said Candis Howard. I feel blind because I was caught off guard.â
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WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) â I was shocked, I was devastated and I was hurt, said Candis Howard. I feel blind because I was caught off guard.â
Howard was caught off guard after a handful of razors wrapped in paper were left on her front yard. One of the razors, reads âU donât know who u dealing with.â The other had a horrible racist slur.
When the calendar turned to 2020, chances are unless you were an epidemiologist you probably had no knowledge of COVID-19.
By mid March, this coronavirus disease would completely upend life as we know it in Macomb County and around the world.
Recently, Macomb Daily writers and editors held a meeting (virtually, of course) to sort out the top 10 news stories of 2020. Not surprisingly, the onset of COVID-19 and all that came with it was voted no. 1.
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It was a pretty obvious choice in a year that came with lots of important news, including the disgraced resignation of a longtime Macomb County official, racial unrest, political strife in the countyâs largest city and an election that stamped Macomb as a solidly red county with Republicans seizing control of county government.