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Fashion police?
Detroit incinerator's long-smoldering opposition.

Jack Lessenberry
POLITICS & PREJUDICES
Getting jacked, again
Why those green energy bills are a sham.

Larry Gabriel
STIR IT UP
Do the twist
The mayor's contradictions and evasions.

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

Curt Guyette
Fired up
Detroit incinerator's long-smoldering opposition.

Jack Lessenberry
POLITICS & PREJUDICES
Wright and the truth
Controversial pastor is warm, smart as hell and deeply intellectual.

Larry Gabriel
STIR IT UP
Road rage
Mayor and council skirmish over Livernois makeover.

Sandra Svoboda
Tragedy and litigation
1997 crash left Wings star, staffer disabled; lawsuit goes to trial here later this month.

Sandra Svoboda
War correspondent
Author chronicles Great Lakes water battles.

Curt Guyette
COVER STORY
The big burn
America’s largest garbage incinerator and the movement to shut it down.

Sandra Svoboda
Diving for dollars
Who'll pay to keep Lake St. Clair's water safe?

Curt Guyette
COVER STORY
Blood and greenbacks
Calculating the costs of war.

Curt Guyette
Left was right
Peace activists and their grass roots.

Sandra Svoboda
Fighting for peace
Vets have family in the anti-war movement.

Sandra Svoboda
Copycat fight
Local printers want Wayne County to stop the presses.

Katha Pollitt
Ralph rides again
Is Nader the world's most irritating vanity candidate?

Metro Times staff
COVER STORY
Just go
Why the mayor should step down.

Sandra Svoboda
After the fire
Apartment building tragedy sparks community response.

Sandra Svoboda
Lost and found
Advocates for man sentenced to life see evidence at last.

Curt Guyette
Lost cause
John Edwards' campaign manager, David Bonior, on what went wrong, and what's ahead.

Sandra Svoboda
State of the gay nation
Attitudes of younger Americans give activists hope.

Sandra Svoboda
Caught in the crossfire
Immigration issues can make college a complicated proposition.

Curt Guyette
Roots of a scandal
Kilpatrick's suspect behavior became public with this 2004 story.

Sandra Svoboda
On the road
Law schools take services, students to clients.

Robert Scheer
Charlie Wilson's War — and ours
Real world vs. the reel world.

Metro Times staff
COVER STORY
Doobie-doobie-do
Laying 2007 to rest with a roster of the year's Dubious Acheivements.

Curt Guyette
Nightmare on Highbury Court, Part 2
One family's legal odyssey keeps getting odder.

Curt Guyette
COVER STORY
Nightmare on Highbury Court
A dispute over bricks led to bankruptcy, eviction, jail and fractured lives; first of two parts.

Bill McKibben
You're getting warmer
The Kyoto accord was struck a decade ago. Why so little progress?

Curt Guyette and W. Kim Heron
COVER STORY
Bombs away?
Arms expert Scott Ritter says the U.S. plans to attach Iran. MT asks why he’s so sure.

Fashion police? Cops fear zipping up can lead to sticking up. (5/7/2008)

Water fight Truth commission holds hearings in Highland Park. (5/7/2008)

Dow and dirty A key EPA administrator is out; environmentalists are up in arms. (5/7/2008)

Hypochrists Parishioner booted for being transgendered. (4/30/2008)

Pass the petitions, brethren Churches get behind drive for guaranteed health care. (4/30/2008)

And then bless us MT series on questionable murder conviction earns honors. (4/30/2008)

Solidarity forgotten Dearborn fracas is an injury to all. (4/23/2008)

Battle of the burn City Council wants incinerator shut down. (4/23/2008)

Back slaps MT awarded writing honors. (4/23/2008)

The goose-steppers Biggest U.S. neo-Nazi group sets up shop in Detroit. (4/16/2008)

Honored MT wins three citations from SPJ (4/16/2008)

The 'P' word A question of perjury in Kym Worthy's office. (4/9/2008)

War front 50 years of government deception — all in one film. (4/9/2008)

For the lakes' sake Sen. Stabenow asks feds to step up on environmental programs. (3/26/2008)

Dishonor roll Corporate accountability campaign shows Michigan's lows. (3/26/2008)

Justice done, election law undone ACLU prevails in suit over voter rolls (3/26/2008)

Worthy and unworthy Praise for the prosecutor (3/24/2008)

Cox in a box An 'urban legend' comes back to haunt state's AG. (3/19/2008)

Super duper site Web project tries to bring transparency to super delegates. (3/12/2008)

D.C. showdown Conyers: 'We will not allow the administration to steamroll Congress.' (3/12/2008)

The mayor who cried lynch mob A response to Kilpatrick's State of the City address (3/12/2008)

Judgment day Legal wrangling over voter lists continues. (3/5/2008)

Back slaps Bash at Bert's brings Kwame's critics together. (3/5/2008)

How green is your candidate? Environmental group's scorecard rates pols; one from Michigan gets a 'zero' (2/27/2008)

Hip-hop twist Rap artist takes aim at Kwame. (2/20/2008)

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