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Detroit tattoo artist faces multiple sexual harassment and assault allegations
Up to 200 women have made accusations against Detroit tattoo artist Alexander Boyko, according to an investigative report published on Jezebel on Thursday. In the article, as many as seven women...
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Why a new coalition is calling for election reform in Michigan
A coalition made up of the League of Women Voters, the ACLU of Michigan, and the Michigan and Detroit branches of the NAACP filed ballot language last week calling for a constitutional amendment that...
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Detroit police officer killed in line of duty remembered as 'positive,''humble'
A Detroit police officer shot in the head while responding to a domestic violence call on the east side Wednesday night has died. Officer Glenn Doss, Jr., 25, succumbed to his injuries Sunday...
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White supremacist Richard Spencer will speak in metro Detroit in March
White supremacist Richard Spencer will be among a panel of far right wing and neo-Nazi speakers at the Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas conference on Sunday, March 4 in metro Detroit. Guests at...
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Consequences loom for MSU after Larry Nassar scandal
Over the weekend, a friend due to start business school later this year at the University of Michigan uttered a phrase that reflected a sentiment sure to plague Michigan State University, at least in...
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Michigan Court of Appeals officially ruled :P emoticon denotes sarcasm
Emojis and emoticons are becoming an increasingly prevalent part of our American vernacular. The small icons belong to a visual language expressed through text messages and emails — and they're not...
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Detroit area women candidates featured on cover of Time
Earlier this month, Time magazine featured several dozen women candidates on its cover, all of whom the magazine says are running for office for the first time and were inspired to do so by last...
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Grosse Pointe officials point to benefits in plan to park garbage trucks in...
Last week, we published a blog post based on an article in the Grosse Pointe Times that left us speechless. The reason we were rendered mute?…
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Why gubernatorial hopeful Abdul El-Sayed's run might not be for real
Much has been made of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s bid to become Michigan governor. International and national media outlets have been drawn to him for his religious beliefs (if elected, El-Sayed would...
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Greektown becomes Detroit's first 'Project Green Light Corridor'
Visitors to Greektown will soon be subject to increased monitoring by police — but that doesn't mean more cops will be dispatched to Monroe Avenue, they'll be viewing citizens remotely from a...
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Get to know the city of Detroit's propaganda arm
Big brother's keeper Early this month, in the days after Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said he'd be moving forward with a plan to require thousands of Detroit businesses to buy into a costly surveillance...
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Savage Love: Lesborama
I am a 38-year-old lesbian, very femme, very out. I have a coworker I can't figure out.…
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Drugs are a major campaign point in Michigan this political season
This year will be the most drug-infused election season in Michigan history. Not only is the question of legalizing marijuana probably going to be on the ballot, the opioid crisis is going to be front...
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Is Michigan a shithole state?
As previously noted, we currently have a president of the United States who is an emotionally disturbed, possibly mentally ill man-child. This is, of course, endlessly fascinating.…
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Disappointment and dismay expressed over John Engler as interim MSU president
In the wake of the major sexual abuse scandal that rocked Michigan State University, how eager are MSU officials to look deep down into their souls and find what went wrong? "Not that deep" would seem...
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Abdul El-Sayed responds to claims he's not eligible to run for governor
A professorship at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York may keep gubernatorial hopeful Abdul El-Sayed from office. Or at least, that's what a recent Bridge magazine...
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Former WDET host Craig Fahle resigns from government post, plots return to radio
Detroit Land Bank Authority public affairs director Craig Fahle is stepping down from his post in an effort to return to his roots in broadcast media. In a phone interview shortly after news broke...
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Study says: More Detroit residents rent than own their homes
Detroiters are still reeling from the 2008 housing market crash. Couple that with the foreclosure crisis and you've got enough to contextualize a recent study that found more city residents rent their...
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Snyder wants Great Lakes states to fight Asian carp since Trump is useless
Invasive Asian carp could be poised to take over the Great Lakes. In June 2017, a 28-inch-long silver carp was caught beyond the electric barrier system that is supposed to keep them out of the Great...
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While governor, John Engler fought hard against prison sex abuse victims
Following the revelation that 250 women and girls were sexually abused by Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar, former MSU President Lou Anna Simon resigned from her post on Jan. 24....
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