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The irreverent 'Orbit' magazine returns (kind of)new
Twenty-five years ago this month Detroit’s only arts, culture, entertainment, and humor magazine was created; 16 years ago Orbit was put to death by its creator. Unlike Victor Frankenstein, Jerry Vile survived his creation and went on to father new freaky monstrosities to roam the countryside...
Metro Times |
Staff |
08-14-2015 |
Media
Will Backroom Deals Keep Detroit's Garbage Incinerator Burning?new
The July 1 deadline for deciding the long-term future for disposal of Detroit's garbage has come and gone, but we can't tell you with any certainty what that future will be.
Metro Times |
Staff |
07-14-2009 |
Environment
No News is Bad News: How Reporting Cutbacks Affect Us Allnew
David Poulson -- a longtime reporter and editor who's now associate director of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University -- wants people to understand is that the cutbacks being made at papers across the country affect way more than the journalists receiving pink slips.
Metro Times |
Staff |
12-23-2008 |
Media
Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham: We All Share Blame for Guantanamonew
What really matters now regarding the Cuba-based U.S. detention center, according to a former military attorney who was part of the tribunals there, is simple: The American people could've prevented it and changed it.
Metro Times |
Staff |
11-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Democratic Party Suit Aims to Balk Alleged GOP Vote Challenges in Michigannew
Michigan Republicans may be deriding as false a story claiming they planned to use lists of foreclosed homes to keep some from casting their votes on Election Day, but the Barack Obama presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee aren't taking any chances.
Metro Times |
Staff |
09-30-2008 |
Politics
Does the Michigan GOP Plan to Use Foreclosure Data as a Weapon?new
Allegations have surfaced that the head of the Macomb County Republican Party had disclosed plans to use lists of foreclosed homes as a way to keep some voters from casting ballots in the upcoming presidential election. But the Macomb GOP Chairman says his quotes were fabricated. What's really going on?
Metro Times |
Staff |
09-23-2008 |
Politics
Get Out the Butter; Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is Toastnew
Friday's double-whammy of a total ban on travel outside the tri-county area and Attorney General Mike Cox's announcement that new felony charges are being filed against Detroit's mayor are the final nails in his political coffin. As far as we're concerned, the question isn't, "Can he survive?" No, all that remains to be seen is when the exit comes, and by what means.
Metro Times |
Staff |
08-12-2008 |
Politics
Outlook is Bleak for Man Who Claims He Was Falsely Convictednew
Things aren't looking too good for Fredrick Freeman, who is serving a life sentence for the 1986 murder of Scott Macklem in Port Huron. He's exhausted his state appeals and now has filed a habeas petition in U.S. District Court in Detroit. That case is still pending.
Metro Times |
Staff |
07-01-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Michigan's HIV Stats Show Young African-Americans Hit Hardnew
African-Americans are twice as likely as whites to be diagnosed with HIV, with people younger than 25 at the highest risk, according to the annual report analyzing new HIV diagnoses in 2006 by race, sex and age.
Metro Times |
Staff |
06-17-2008 |
Science
Proposed Foreclosure Moratorium Bill in Michigan Recalls 1930s Legislationnew
You know things are getting bad when legislators start drafting new bills modeled on laws originally enacted as a way to help people survive the Great Depression. But that's the spot we're now finding ourselves in when it comes to the issue of home foreclosures.
Metro Times |
Staff |
06-10-2008 |
Economy
Homophobic Attacks on the Rise in Michigannew
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs last week released a report showing a 24 percent increase nationally in reported anti-gay hate crimes from 2006 to 2007 -- Michigan had the largest increase among the states, jumping from 97 to 226.
Metro Times |
Staff |
06-03-2008 |
LGBT
Key EPA Administrator Booted; Environmentalists are Up in Armsnew
Mary Gade, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Midwestern regional office in Chicago, was pushed out after pushing Dow Chemical to clean up the mess it made in its hometown of Midland. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) compares her firing to the Bush administration's removal of nine federal prosecutors.
Metro Times |
Staff |
05-13-2008 |
Politics
Biggest U.S. Neo-Nazi Group Sets Up Shop in Detroitnew
The National Socialist Movement has moved its HQ to a majority African-American city, the metro area of which is also home to the country's largest Middle Eastern population, a sizable Jewish community and thousands of other immigrants. Why?
Metro Times |
Staff |
04-22-2008 |
Religion
Corporate Accountability Campaign Shows Michigan's Lowsnew
Among this year's Corporate Hall of Shame dis-honorees nominees are a few with Michigan connections.
Metro Times |
Staff |
04-01-2008 |
Business & Labor
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