AltWeeklies Wire
ICP vs. FBInew
The Feds have called the Juggalos a gang. The ACLU and Insane Clown Posse are fighting back.
Metro Times |
Brett Callwood |
01-15-2014 |
Features
Tags: Insane Clown Posse, Juggalos
Detroit's Real Estate Market Sees Reboundnew
The latest third quarter data shows that Detroit's real estate market lead the nation in year-over-year increases at 44.3 percent. However, behind the numbers lurks a less ebullient reality: Detroit is the only market in the nation to still remain below the highs of the last decade.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb |
11-07-2013 |
Economy
Tags: Detroit Home Prices
Detroit Bankruptcy Was 'Not Necessary'new
In testimony at the city of Detroit's bankruptcy trial, Emergency Financial Manager Kevyn Orr testified under oath that the declaration of insolvency by the city and a filing of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection were "not necessary."
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb |
10-31-2013 |
Economy
Tags: Detroit Bankruptcy
Right Makes Mightnew
A living legend of the civil rights movement, federal judge Damon Keith has presided over landmark cases including the desegregation of Pontiac, Mich. public schools and a decision which helped precipitate the demise of the Nixon administration. Keith's life is the subject of a new biography due out this November and writer Jim McFarlin gives readers a glimpse into the life of an American hero.
Metro Times |
Jim McFarlin |
10-30-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Detroit Sports Stadium Swindlenew
Mike Ilitch, billionaire owner of the NHL Red Wings and the MLB Tigers, is vying for state financing to cover more than half the cost of a new stadium for his hockey franchise in downtown Detroit. The same Detroit that declared bankruptcy less than 30 days ago. He'll likely get it, too.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
08-08-2013 |
Policy Issues
Special Report: Detroit in Bankruptcynew
How the media has shaped the story of Detroit's slow unwinding.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb, Curt Guyette and Michael Jackman |
07-31-2013 |
Media
Smitten with the Mitten: Michigan's Economic Comeback
After years of economic contraction and brain-drain, Michigan seems to be on its way back according to the latest economic indicators out of Washington.
Metro Times |
Bryan Gottlieb |
07-03-2013 |
Economy
Shredding it up in Motownnew
Two 20-somethings carry the hope of a metropolis on their backs in an effort to bring the X Games to Detroit.
Metro Times |
Carl Bookstein |
06-26-2013 |
Economy
From Motown to Coketownnew
The petroleum byproduct known as "petcoke," which is derived from an extraction process involving tar-like bitumen from the oil sands of Alberta, Canada, and is turned into gasoline and other fuels sits, exposed, along the bank of the Detroit River. Everyone agrees it is unsightly, but is it unsafe, too?
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-12-2013 |
Environment
Fire Sale at the Detroit Institute of Artsnew
As Detroit navigates through the uncharted waters of emergency financial management, the city's state-appointed EM, Kevyn Orr, has fired a salvo across the bow of the city's cultural crown jewel, the Detroit Institute of Arts. Orr has said the DIA may have its assets liquidated to help retire the city's $15 billion in debt.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-06-2013 |
Policy Issues
Whole Foods Makes a Bet on Detroitnew
Epicurien retailer Whole Foods opened its sixth franchise in Michigan yesterday, and not in a tony suburb, but right in Detroit's midtown district. What does this portend for the area, its residents and the city proper?
Metro Times |
Lee DeVito |
06-06-2013 |
Race & Class
Ann Arbor Didn't Go to Potnew
As local municipalities and states decriminalize and legalize marijuana, the city of Ann Arbor, Mich., should serve as a model of how things can go right.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
05-22-2013 |
Drugs
Penrose Risingnew
In a downtrodden section of Detroit known as Penrose, a transformation is taking place through a collaboration of public and private interests, and is poised to resurrect a neighborhood all but lost to drugs and despair.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
05-21-2013 |
Housing & Development
Getting the Lead Outnew
Successful program that protects Detroit kids is now in jeopardy.
Metro Times |
Brian Bienkowski |
03-06-2013 |
Housing & Development
Bob King's Failed Promise and Labor's Perilnew
Bob King seems likely to be remembered as the worst leader the United Auto Workers has ever had.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
12-12-2012 |
Business & Labor
