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'Curveball' Tells the Story of Toni Stone, the First Female Negro League Baseball Playernew

Stone's life and career -- from neighborhood pickup game to cross-country barnstorming to obscurity in retirement -- are aptly recounted in Martha Ackmann's Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone, the First Woman to Play Professional Baseball in the Negro League.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  04-11-2011  |  Author Profiles & Interviews

When Innocence Is Pinknew

Wrongly convicted women fight for recognition, support, remedies.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  01-19-2011  |  Crime & Justice

What's Next for a Congressman Who Rode in on Obama’s Coattails?new

People did vie to shake his hand and share his lunch table, but having U.S. Rep. Gary Peters at a homeless shelter last week for a meeting of community group leaders wasn't exactly a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many people there.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  01-19-2010  |  Commentary

Amid the Detroit Schools Chaos, Who Helps Parents?new

Through her comments on Fox News and elsewhere, Sharlonda Buckman is stirring controversy. And the Detroit Parent Network is poised as an increasingly important player in the turf battles over education in Detroit. With increased importance is likely to come increased scrutiny.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  12-29-2009  |  Education

A Race is on to Record the Untold Stories of Aging Holocaust Survivorsnew

Until the Iron Curtain parted, the Holocaust stories like Lupyan's and others' from the former Soviet republics went largely untold on the world stage. But now, there is an urgency to record survivors' stories while a dwindling number still are alive to tell them.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  10-06-2009  |  History

Upside Down in Pontiac: How Investors Walk Away from Disasternew

Many Pontiac houses sit and continue to decline in value, blight the community, attract nuisances, cost lenders and the city money in maintenance, and pull down the values of nearby properties. Some have resold for a fraction of their taxable values, further driving down home prices around them. Others will sit vacant for years.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  09-15-2009  |  Economy

Michigan Law Clinic Springs Two Men from Prisonnew

The University of Michigan Innocence Clinic -- considered the first such law school project in the country to tackle cases without DNA evidence -- celebrated its first success recently when Marvin Reed and his nephew Deshawn were released from prison.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  08-11-2009  |  Crime & Justice

Michigan Communities Use HUD Dollars for Demolition, Rehab and Ownershipnew

In Michigan, the HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program is funding projects aimed at offsetting some of the harmful effects that foreclosed and vacant properties have on neighborhoods, as well as increasing home ownership and redevelopment.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  06-09-2009  |  Economy

Legal Precedent in Trooper Murder Leaves Detroit Journalist Unprotectednew

For a third time, a federal judge has ordered reporter David Ashenfelter to reveal his sources.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  03-10-2009  |  Media

Escaping Baghdad and Finding Refuge in Metro Detroitnew

Hundreds of Iraqis have resettled in metro Detroit during the last two years as the United States finally opened to these refugees of the war in Iraq. This year, more than 2,000 Iraqis are expected to flock here. These are some of their stories.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  12-09-2008  |  Immigration

Phys Ed in Michigan Isn't What it Used to Benew

With attention to both the rising rate of childhood obesity and the emphasis on test results, Michigan school districts are revisiting their game plans for gym classes. Their playbooks reduce the focus on competitive sports and increase it on lifestyle fitness activities that will help create healthier kids now and fitter adults in the future.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  11-25-2008  |  Education

Brawl in the Sprawl: The Political Future of Oakland County, Michigannew

How will residents of metro Detroit's richest county vote Nov. 4 -- for Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama or Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain? Will the county hold to its Republican roots or continue recent Democratic trends in congressional and countywide elections?
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  10-28-2008  |  Politics

Tax Fact & Fiction: A Closer Look at the Candidates' Plansnew

It wouldn't be an election year without candidates promising tax cuts, right? But who gets them, how much they are, what's the likelihood they can ever be made and what they say about each candidates' priorities are the bigger questions.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda and Curt Guyette  |  09-30-2008  |  Politics

One Exoneree Finds Purpose in Advocacy, Closure in ID of Perpnew

Ken Wyniemko spent nearly a decade behind bars for a rape. His most pressing concern was surviving. His second was proving his innocence. He succeeded at both.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  07-08-2008  |  Crime & Justice

DNA Points to Perp in Rape for Which Wrong Man Did Timenew

Five years ago, Ken Wyniemko was released from the Michigan prison system, exonerated after a decade behind bars for a rape that DNA evidence concluded he did not commit. On Wednesday, police confirmed that a match has been made to the DNA collected at the scene of the 1994 Macomb County rape for which Wyniemko was arrested, convicted and incarcerated.
Metro Times  |  Sandra Svoboda  |  07-01-2008  |  Crime & Justice

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