AltWeeklies Wire
Detroit Gives Job Seekers Home Team Advantagenew
To counter the exodus of city workers, the Detroit City Council passed an ordinance giving a 15-point "domicile credit" to those seeking civil service jobs.
Metro Times |
Nancy Kaffer |
07-15-2005 |
Politics
Born Again to Be Wild: Burning Rubber With Bikers for Jesusnew
Christian motorcycle ministries are spreading the Gospel on two wheels -- but will they succeed in their mission to convert hard-core bikers into born-again disciples?
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
07-13-2005 |
Religion
Building the 'Better' Vaginanew
Elective surgeries that promise women a better sex life or more aesthetically pleasing private parts are gaining popularity -- but some think the practice of creating designer vaginas has gone too far.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
03-16-2005 |
Science
Vietnam War Was a Brilliant Idea Compared to Iraqi Messnew
Regardless of your theology, Bush Two is right indeed to point out that someday we will all be dead; what he left out is that thanks to his idiot policies and political cowardice, many of us are likely to be impoverished first.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-07-2004 |
Commentary
Detroit Mayor's Alleged Extramarital Affairs Result in Whistleblower Suitnew
One of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's security officers and a former deputy police chief claim their careers were ruined when it appeared they might reveal the mayor’s "philandering," according to legal documents obtained by Metro Times.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
Tags: confidential, Carlita Kilpatrick, Chief Administrative Officer Derrick Miller, chief of staff, Christine Beatty, deposition, Detroit Police Department, Gary A. Brown, Harold C. Nelthrope, lawyer, Manoogian Mansion, Michael L. Stefani, overtime, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Michael Callahan, Whistleblower Protection Act lawsuit
Motor City Is Being Driven to Destructionnew
In the 1950s, when Michigan poured hundreds of millions of dollars into building expressways, Toronto built a subway. Now Toronto has a vital downtown while Detroit has lost more than half its population.
Metro Times |
Keith Schneider |
06-16-2004 |
Politics
Arab-American Support for Bush Is Waningnew
A polar shift in the attitude of Iraqis toward their American “liberators” is mirrored in the political atmosphere among Arab-American and other Middle Eastern voters here in the United States.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-16-2004 |
Politics
Reagan Mastered Con Game Called Compassionate Conservatismnew
Far be it from us to speak ill of the dead. We’d rather skewer the living. But we’re willing to make an exception to add some balance to the idolatry being heaped upon Ronald Reagan.
Metro Times |
News Hits Staff |
06-09-2004 |
Commentary
TV on the Radio Deliver More Than the Post-Everything Noise-Popnew
Don’t judge TV on the Radio, another precious and overhyped band from Brooklyn’s precious and overhyped Williamsburg rock scene, too quickly.
Metro Times |
Walter Wasacz |
04-27-2004 |
Reviews
