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Long-term unemployed Detroiters to get help landing jobs with new federal ‘Jump Start’ program

The first-of-its-kind initiative could be a model for other cities

By Steve Neavling

Jan 27, 2023

The city of Detroit selected 18 community organizations that will assist with a new program aimed at helping long-term unemployed residents land a job. Through the Jump Start program, the organizations will provide training, mentorship, and other supportive services to residents who have been without employment...

Mayor Mike Duggan discusses the Jump Start program at a news conference on Friday.

Detroit’s Movement Festival announces initial 2023 lineup

Acts include Underworld, Charlotte de Witte, Caribou, Moodymann, and more

By Lee DeVito

Detroit’s Movement Festival announces initial 2023 lineup

Detroit’s long history of evicting Black people for profit

There’s a human cost to the city’s failure to enforce its new right to counsel ordinance

By Eli Day

Detroit’s long history of evicting Black people for profit

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Griffin Claw Brewing Co. is releasing its paczki-flavored vodka and beer

By Lee DeVito

Griffin Claw Brewing Co.’s “Sin, Repent Repeat” is made from real paczki.

Slotkin mulls U.S. Senate run after Stabenow announced retirement

By Steve Neavling

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly.

Brooklyn artist brings absurdist ‘Plastic Bag Store’ installation to Ann Arbor

By Randiah Camille Green

Brooklyn-based artist Robin Frohardt. She made the “Baygo Redbag” pop especially for the Ann Arbor performance of The Plastic Bag Store.

Minimum wage increase in Michigan blocked by appeals court

By Steve Neavling

Protesters have demanded a living wage of $15 an hour nationwide.

Yes, a Flint councilwoman called residents ‘janky’ — but not all residents

By Steve Neavling

City of Flint.

Two Detroit emcees collab for a one-off free performance

By Kahn Santori Davison

Mahogany Jones and Boog Brown.

Melba Joyce Boyd is the 2023 Kresge Eminent Artist

By Randiah Camille Green

Detroit native Melba Joyce Boyd.

The limits of ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

By Maurice Tracy

Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

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1555 Broadway St., Detroit; getdooped.com

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