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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

Tags: Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority, environment, Detroit, garbage, incinerator

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

Tags: journalism, media, layoffs, newspapers, David Poulson, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University

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

Tags: War on terror, Guantanamo Bay, detention, law, crime & justice, war & peace, Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham

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

Tags: murder, Michigan, clemency, crime & justice, evidence, Fredrick Freeman, Michigan Parole Board, wrongful convictions

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

Tags: HIV, race relations, Michigan, Health & 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

Tags: foreclosures, Michigan, mortgage crisis, housing & development, Economic Issues, Great Depression

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

Tags: violence, GLBT, hate crimes, Michigan, gay & lesbian issues, National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs

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

Tags: religion, hate groups, neo-Nazis, Detroit, National Socialist Movement