Savage Love: Poly wants
Q: I'm a 25-year-old woman currently in a poly relationship with a married man roughly 20 years my senior. This has by far been the best relationship I've ever had.…
View ArticleFarewell to product safety
Ever wish you had a portable generator for one of our all-too-frequent power outages? I was one of a million or so people who lost power for almost a week last March.…
View ArticleYpsilanti City Council questions city officials over China trip funding at...
The Ypsilanti City Council held a rare investigative hearing Tuesday night, during which it questioned under oath four city officials who traveled to China, along with city manager Darwin McClary....
View ArticleEminem has history of attacking sitting presidents
When Eminem eviscerated Donald Trump in a freestyle that aired during the BET Hip Hop Awards last night, those among us who are old enough to remember the early aughts couldn't help but compare the...
View ArticleSuspected 'serial rapists' behind Detroit cyclist abductions caught, police say
Two men believed to be behind the recent broad-daylight kidnapping and sexual assault of at least two bike riders near the Detroit-Hamtramck border have been arrested, police say. Calling the men...
View ArticleBernie Sanders to headline Women's Convention in Detroit — not all women happy
Last year, women who supported progressive Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders were admonished for doing so by his female rival's surrogates. “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t...
View ArticleHow Macomb County gave rise to Kid Rock and Eminem, two sides of the same...
It's no surprise that Macomb County's biggest superstars, Eminem and Kid Rock, have a lot in common. Both are angry white men.…
View ArticleBicyclist abducted and raped in Detroit shares her story
A 24-year-old woman who was abducted and sexually assaulted by a pair of men Detroit police describe as "serial rapists" has shared details of the harrowing experience in a public Facebook post. In...
View ArticleThis weekend's Detroit Art Book Fair will offer bound(less) creations
Sexually suggestive collages of women without flesh. An audiovisual exploration of the abstract qualities of rocks. A wide range of art will be on display and available for sale this weekend at...
View ArticleHere's where you can sign petitions to end gerrymandering (Oct. 13-19)
The nonpartisan group Voters Not Politicians is still working to gather the 316,000 signatures needed to get a proposal on the November 2018 ballot to end gerrymandering of electoral districts. The...
View ArticleA week of woes for the Detroit Police Department
Updated at 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 13 We spoke too soon. About twenty minutes after posting details of the brutal beating, avoidable teen death, and bribery indictment that have beset the Detroit Police...
View ArticleDetroit cop charged with stealing in what we hope rounds out department's...
At noon today, we thought it was safe to recap a week of alleged misdeeds by current and former members of the Detroit Police Department. We were wrong. Twenty minutes after posting details of the...
View ArticleDetroit one of top 10 'rattiest' U.S. cities, according to study
While bigger U.S. cities like Chicago, L.A., and New York City still hold the crown for the rattiest cities, Detroit is not too far behind in this rat race. A new study from pest control leader Orkin,...
View ArticleWestern Michigan University's flooded football stadium is bananas
It was raining a little bit more than cats and dogs this weekend in Kalamazoo. The WMU Broncos were planning to celebrate Homecoming this past Saturday until Mother Nature literally opened up the...
View ArticleThe rise, fall, and stalled rebuild of Ken Holland’s Red Wings
There's perhaps no pro sports team in recent memory that spoiled its fans with its success quite like the Detroit Red Wings. The team's fanbase witnessed an organization with an embarrassment of...
View ArticleWayne State is rockin' a new logo and slogan
Wayne State University gave its logo a little TLC yesterday. The university unveiled a completely new logo and marketing slogan on Monday that feels a little bit more appropriate for where the...
View ArticlePenn State fans use Flint Water Crisis to mock UM football team
Why are colleges using the Flint Water Crisis to bring down the University of Michigan's football team? If you remember, Ohio State fans made a sexist, crude joke comparing University of Michigan girl...
View ArticleLeBron James thinks Dan Gilbert's crazy 2010 letter was racially charged
In 2010, when LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers for Miami, team owner Dan Gilbert issued a rambling letter in which he sounded very much like a lover scorned. LeBron, once a hero, was a...
View ArticleHoroscopes (Oct. 18-24)
ARIES (March 21- April 20): On the verge of one of those peak moments, you are faced with your own mortality, or some other aspect of the hand of fate.…
View ArticleMulenga and ‘The Government Apprentice’
Mulenga Harangua had sent me a message to meet him at his chicken shack. I arrived via bicycle because he insisted, pointing out I could use the public bike share system if necessary.…
View Article