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War (On Drugs) is Overnew
Cultural icon and longtime pot activist John Sinclair kicks off "Higher Ground," a new weekly column in Metro Times covering the new emerging new era of marijuana.
Metro Times |
John Sinclair |
09-29-2010 |
Commentary
Tags: Medical Marijuana
Ten Years After: Looking Back to the Lessons of the Double-0snew
At the end of another decade we asked a cross-section of locals — as in, once you're tied to this area, you're always tied to this area — about their experience of the last decade. What mattered? What did we learn? What gives hope for the future? What follows is a sampling of the responses.
Metro Times |
Metro Times Readers |
01-12-2010 |
Commentary
First-person Bisexualitynew
"Why do you say you're straight?" The question was a kick to the stomach.
Metro Times |
Naomi Lee |
02-19-2008 |
Commentary
A Tale of Two Thomases: Isiah and Clarencenew
Each case stirred up old issues between men and women in the black community.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
10-16-2007 |
Commentary
Black Christian Hatenew
Discrimination is discrimination no matter whom it is applied to.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
06-05-2007 |
Commentary
The State We're Innew
For the first time since the Great Depression, Michigan has lost jobs for six years in a row.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
02-13-2007 |
Commentary
From 'Dreamgirls' to City Schoolsnew
Motown is burning up screens with Dreamgirls, a musical razzle-dazzle of truths, half-truths, truisms, unsubstantiated rumors, myths and plain-ol' fictions loosely based on the house that Berry built.
Metro Times |
W. Kim Heron |
01-12-2007 |
Commentary
The High Cost of Being Poornew
Why must those with less pay more? Cites recent research from Brookings Institution.
Metro Times |
Keith A. Owens |
08-29-2006 |
Commentary
High Stakes Beyond the Gamenew
The Super Bowl itself will not turn Detroit's economic woes around -- the city's residents will still be there after the game to deal with the downturn.
Metro Times |
Keith A. Owens |
02-03-2006 |
Commentary
Honor King, but Not With Symbolsnew
While the 20th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is something to be observed, there's not much to celebrate in black America.
Metro Times |
Keith A. Owens |
01-20-2006 |
Commentary
