By Melissa Nann Burke, The chant that greeted Mary Sheffield on Detroit’s primary election night rang true Tuesday: “First female mayor! First female mayor!” ...

A small group of protesters gathered in downtown Detroit after Election Day to serve as a reminder that civic duty doesn't ...

Action should follow history, say four community-minded Detroit women who wish to work with Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield as ...

Solomon Kinloch won a handful of Detroit's 430 precincts in the mayor's race. "She ran a hell of a campaign," Adolph Mongo ...

Mary Sheffield was elected as the first woman and Black woman mayor of Detroit, joining a powerful lineage of Black women mayors who are redefining what executive power looks like in America's cities ...

City Council President Mary Sheffield will be Detroit’s newest mayor and the first woman to lead the city. Sheffield defeated ...

After generations in supporting roles, Black women are now leading some of America’s largest cities and reshaping how cities ...

Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield named the city's former corporation counsel, Butch Hollowell, to lead her transition team.

Detroit’s election of its first woman mayor marks the culmination of decades of women’s political influence in the city.

Mary Sheffield has made history. On Guard examines how Sheffield won, what went wrong for the Rev. Solomon Kinloch, and what ...

Detroit’s election of its first woman mayor marks the culmination of decades of women’s political influence in the city.

Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield wins the 2025 mayoral election on Tuesday, the Associated Press projects.