Barack and Bobby
POLITICS & PREJUDICES
by Jack Lessenberry
Two candidates with much in common, especially the right stuff.

Wall Street's crime wave
VISITING VIEW
by Danny Schechter
Will culprits pay for the mortgage crisis?

Letters to the Editor
Find out what our readers are saying each week.

Unearthing the 'N-word'
News Hits has questions. Administration hasn't had answers.

MT reviewer mourned
Elissa Karg: socialist, autoworker, nurse, food writer.

Becoming Deastro
by Wendy Case
How Randy Chabot creates his own musical world.

Gore-soaked and glamorous
by Brett Callwood
Amy Gore's rock 'n' roll femme fatales return as conquering heroes for a hometown show.

Black Bottom remembered
by Isaac Elster
Violinist Regina Carter and collaborators pay homage to long-lost neighborhood.

Way, way under the radar
by Greg Baise
Jandek's Bizarro World blues.

ON THE DOWNLOAD
by Chris Handyside
Ear-popping songs from the Motor City fringes.

MEDIA BLACKOUT
by Jeffrey Morgan
From Nugent to Sin City.

Jam Kickin'
A-Square (Of Coruse): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records - Various Artists
review by Brett Callwood

Ode To The Ghetto - Guilty Simpson
review by Hobey Echlin

Blooddrunk - Children Of Bodom
review by Kent Alexander

Wagstaff wins
by Glen Mannisto
Nearly 40 years after the dust-up, DIA honors curator.

Detroit loses a great
by Rebecca Mazzei
We grieve for artist and musician Matthew Blake.

WORDS OF OUR OWN
by Kim Hunter
War begins — and a poet responds.

Pimpin' the airwaves
IDIOT BOXING
by Jim McFarlin
The sleeping giant of Motor City TV comes to life.

COUCH TRIP
by Metro Times film writers
Wet-brained hillbillies, Jeff Garlin's chub, a cockeyed Tinseltown dream and Gianna smokes.

Open or not?
SAVAGE LOVE
by Dan Savage
Reluctance to share isn't a character flaw.

Comics
Check out the strange and clever antics of The Boiling Point.

Try something else
GRILLED
by Jeff Broder
Tacqueria Lupita's Adan Lopez.