Video shows Detroiters disregarding stay-at-home order, watching car stunts
Video from this weekend shows Detroiters congregating on a sunny day, flouting Michigan's stay-at-home order amid the coronavirus crisis. The video was captured by Tay Crispyy, a 26-year-old DIY news...
View ArticleWhitmer defends stay-at-home order as coronavirus deaths continue to decline...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Monday that her stay-at-home order is working as the number of new coronavirus deaths continues to decline. Michigan reported 77 new deaths on Monday, the lowest one-day...
View ArticleBeaumont Health is laying off nearly 2,500 employees amid costly coronavirus...
Beaumont Health is temporarily laying off nearly 2,500 employees and permanently eliminating about 450 position because of the financial strain from the coronavirus outbreak. The state’s largest...
View ArticleFormer Flint mayor thinks Rick Snyder should go to prison
Former Flint mayor Karen Weaver doubled down on comments she made about her relationship with former governor Rick Snyder in a recent VICE news article, telling WDIV that she believes Snyder should be...
View ArticleGov. Whitmer says coronavirus choices have been 'gut-wrenching'
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been getting a lot of shit from the right during the coronavirus pandemic, which changes depending on which way the political winds blow and the week's talking points. Early...
View ArticleMichigan's coronavirus deaths surge as older cases are added to tally
Michigan reported 232 new coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, the largest one-day increase since the crisis began, bringing the state’s total to 2,700. Of those, 95 were past cases that had not been...
View ArticleThe coronavirus behind bars : A letter from a Michigan jail (Part 2)
Note: Ray Gray, an artist from Detroit, has been behind bars for nearly 50 years for a crime he says he didn't commit. On April 10, he sent us this dispatch from Muskegon Correctional Facility.Today we...
View ArticleWhy did Michigan get hit by the coronavirus harder than its neighbors?
The coronavirus was rapidly spreading across the U.S., with more than 1,000 confirmed infections in 35 states, when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer got the call: The first two COVID-19 cases in Michigan had...
View ArticleThe president who botched the pandemic is only interested in shifting blame
In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression — a year after the U.S. economy contracted by 10 percent and just before FDR's New Deal took effect — American unemployment hit an almost unimaginable...
View ArticleSavage Love: Big moves
I was raised in a religious home and didn't lose my virginity until the embarrassing age of 26. I was told by the church to save it for marriage, and I was a virgin until I met the woman who would...
View Article'Operation Gridlock' organizers chide protesters for getting out of their...
The organizers of "Operation Gridlock," last week's protest of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home coronavirus prevention efforts, have distanced themselves from those who got out of their cars and...
View ArticleBrenda Jones violated campaign finance laws with donations tied to city...
Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones violated campaign finance laws that are designed to prevent pay-to-play politics, according to a new report. While running for re-election to city council...
View ArticleGov. Whitmer cancels contract with firm for coronavirus contact tracing...
One way to stop the coronavirus is contact tracing, or tracking the spread of the virus by identifying infected people and finding who they have been in contact with. Asian countries have had some...
View ArticleStudy ranks Michigan among the top states for coronavirus response — despite...
Though the coronavirus has claimed more lives in Michigan than neighbors Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois combined, one study ranks the state among the top in terms of speedy government reaction...
View ArticleTrump is wrong, Michigan faces severe shortage of coronavirus test kits
For Michigan to safely reopen the economy, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the state needs to “double or triple” the number of coronavirus tests it conducts every day. The state averaged 4,500 daily...
View ArticleWhitmer expects 'short-term extension' on stay-at-home order as coronavirus...
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday to expect a “short-term extension” of her stay-at-home order as the state continues to report more than 100 new coronavirus deaths a day.…
View ArticleBiden's lead over Trump in Michigan continues to grow, poll shows
Former Vice President Joe Biden has a significant lead over President Trump in Michigan, a new Fox News poll shows. The survey shows the presumptive Democratic nominee leading the president 49% to 41%...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Audio shows Governor Rick Snyder’s ‘fixer’ lied about warnings...
Two days away from what Attorney General Dana Nessel’s criminal prosecutors told Flint residents was the Michigan statute of limitations for new charges to be filed in relation to the Flint water...
View Article