AltWeeklies Wire
Ghost Town Renegadenew
An owner of 93-year-old store stands tall as the neighborhood dies around him
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
08-25-2011 |
Features
Arms around the citynew
Neighborhoods Day showcases a vibrant, positive, united Detroit.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
08-05-2011 |
Features
A Detroit Neighborhood Fights for its Life, and an Ex-Cop Leads the Waynew
Earlier that day, James "Jack Rabbit" Jackson — a retired cop — parked his car in front of a dealer's house and pointed a video camera at him in a blatant effort to disrupt his business. It drove the guy away. Now he was coming back for Jackson and Jackson was waiting for him.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
02-23-2010 |
Crime & Justice
Amid the Detroit Schools Chaos, Who Helps Parents?new
Through her comments on Fox News and elsewhere, Sharlonda Buckman is stirring controversy. And the Detroit Parent Network is poised as an increasingly important player in the turf battles over education in Detroit. With increased importance is likely to come increased scrutiny.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
12-29-2009 |
Education
Local or Not? A Brief Guide to Whether 'Detroit' Brands Are Really from Detroitnew
It's not always easy knowing for certain what's local and what's not. Part of it depends on how you want to define the term. In reality, there's a spectrum of what qualifies as local, with the purest light coming from those companies that are locally owned with local manufacturing facilities.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
08-25-2009 |
Business & Labor
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
Detroit Bait Shop Owner Holds His Ground Against Bridge-Expansion Projectnew
Dean Aytes and his bait shop are the only things standing in the way of a potential second bridge from Detroit to Canada.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
05-05-2009 |
Housing & Development
A System of Give and Take Emerges -- Just in Time for the Hard Timesnew
Kim Hodge wasn't looking for a way to deal with hard economic times when she decided to start a "time bank" in a Detroit suburb.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
05-05-2009 |
Economy
Legal Precedent in Trooper Murder Leaves Detroit Journalist Unprotectednew
For a third time, a federal judge has ordered reporter David Ashenfelter to reveal his sources.
Metro Times |
Sandra Svoboda |
03-10-2009 |
Media
Ferndale School Fight Spills Over Into Local Businessesnew
A civil rights group protesting what it calls "Jim Crow-style segregation" has taken its campaign to local merchants during the last several weeks. But when merchants didn't want to post literature, the group started picketing and advocating boycotts against them.
Metro Times |
Metro Times Staff |
02-17-2009 |
Education
Glendale Stewart Lives Way Off the Grid in Detroitnew
Six years ago, Stewart took a look at the world around him and decided to drop out of it. He quit working, bought an empty plot of land at a city auction, parked an old trailer on it, built a wood privacy fence around it and made it his home.
Metro Times |
Detroitblogger John |
09-23-2008 |
Housing & Development
Will Chrysler be the First of the Big Three to Cruise into the Sunset?new
Chrysler can no longer possibly compete in today's environment. It no longer trades on the stock exchanges, but if it sinks into the deep, it will have deep ripple effects on other firms, and on all of us in Detroit. Here's why I say the company is sick as a dog.
Metro Times |
Jack Lessenberry |
07-01-2008 |
Business & Labor
What Role Will Recycling Play in Detroit's Future?new
The issue of recycling is wrapped up in the broader debate about what to do with the massive incinerator in Detroit that burns the city's trash, as well as garbage trucked in from the suburbs, creating steam and electricity in the process.
Metro Times |
Curt Guyette |
06-03-2008 |
Environment
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
The Double Closetnew
As gay and lesbian Arabs struggle to come out, they face homophobia, racism and violence -- within their own communities.
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
05-03-2006 |
LGBT
Tags: Immigration, 9/11, gay, Arab, Arab American, Chaldean, Dearborn, Detroit, Gay Rights, homophobia, lesbian, racism
