No Credit Check Loans: Get Loans Regardless Of Credit Score (2024)
These days, getting a personal loan can be tricky, especially if you have less than stellar credit. When you need a loan fast, what can you do? Fortunately, several personal loan sites have a growing number of lenders who will approve, even if you have bad credit. The catch? They usually come with higher interest…
Warren City Councilwoman launches campaign for newly drawn congressional district
First-term Warren City Councilwoman Angela Rogensues announced Tuesday that she’s running for Congress as a Democrat in the newly drawn 10 District. Rogensues is the first elected official to declare her candidacy for the 10 District, which covers Warren, Sterling Heights, Clinton Township, and Shelby Township in Macomb County and Rochester in Oakland County. On…
California weed giants Wonderbrett launch in Michigan in partnership with Cloud Cannabis Co.
Renowned Los Angeles cannabis brand Wonderbrett has teamed up with Cloud Cannabis Co. to bring their products to Michigan. Several of the company’s premium indoor flowers strains including “Grapes of Wrath,” “Orange Banana,” and “Peach OZ” are now available exclusively at Cloud Cannabis dispensaries in pre-rolls and 1/8th ounce jars. Other strains like their famed…
Michigan State Police trooper files lawsuit alleging he was fired for blowing whistle on supervisors drinking on duty
A Michigan state police trooper claims in a lawsuit that he was fired in retaliation for blowing the whistle on supervisors for drinking alcohol while on duty at a party in 2020. Mark Andrews alleges in the lawsuit, filed in Wayne County Circuit, that he was unlawfully terminated and his rights were violated under the…
In Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers,’ history, loss, and romance reliably intersect
Whether doing more meditative, inward-facing work like Pain and Glory or plying his more familiar trade of melodrama, Pedro Almodóvar’s playful, questing, mode of filmmaking never feels unwelcome. His newest, Parallel Mothers, falls basically in the latter space of romantic melodrama, making much of grand feelings which bleed through the boundaries between the public and…
City Winery to open first Michigan location in Detroit’s Corktown
New York-based City Winery has announced plans to bring its live music venue and wine-centric restaurant concept to new markets across the country later this year — including Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, according to Billboard. City Winery’s founder and CEO Michael Dorf was also behind New York’s Knitting Factory venue, which also opened other locations across…
Rapper Wale will hit his ‘Angles’ at Detroit’s Majestic Theatre this weekend
Wale is set to take the stage this weekend for the Detroit stop of his Under a Blue Moon tour. The “Poke it Out” rapper released his seventh studio album, Folarin II, last October, which was revered by hip-hop fans and critics alike as one of the best rap albums of 2021. The album served…
Big Sean to perform at iHeartRadio’s ‘Living Black!’ event
iHeartRadio has unveiled the official lineup for its Living Black! event and it features a very familiar homegrown artist. Big Sean will take the stage alongside Lizzo, Moneybagg Yo, Ari Lennox, H.E.R., and more for iHeartRadio’s second annual event. The show will be streaming live at 8 p.m. ET on Feb. 23 on the popular…
State Sen. Adam Hollier announces bid for Congress
Michigan Sen. Adam Hollier announced Monday that he’s running for Congress. The Detroit Democrat, who has been a state senator since 2019, will run in the newly drawn 13th District, which includes Detroit, Hamtramck, and the Grosse Pointes. The seat is currently held by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who announced she’ll move and run in…
Are you ready for the return of Detroit City Distillery’s Paczki Day Vodka?
Paczki lovers, mark your calendars for Feb. 11, because that’s when Detroit City Distillery will release their seasonal Paczki Day Vodka. Ah yes, Fat Tuesday, when it’s fully acceptable to shove as many calorie-laden jelly-filled doughnuts into your face as possible. While the holiday falls on March 1 this year, you may want to set…
This American Life explores troubling story of ex-Muskegon cop who displayed racist document at home
Public radio’s This American Life launched an in-depth, two-part series over the weekend about the white Muskegon cop who came under fire for displaying KKK memorabilia in his home. The weekly podcast delved into the controversy and the troubling career of Charles Anderson, who was eventually fired in September 2019. It all began in August…
Detroit activist takes mail-order abortion pill on live TV
Well here’s something you don’t often see on the local news, but also something that pro-choice advocates think you should. Jex Blackmore, a Detroit activist and artist, paused mid-interview during a recent appearance on Fox 2 concerning abortion rights to take a mail-order abortion pill live on TV. Based on the look on the face…
MIGOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock calls 1st Black lieutenant governor a ‘scary masked man’
Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist has been in office for over three years, making history as Michigan’s first African-American lieutenant governor. The Democratic father of three, who contracted COVID-19 earlier this month after his daughter tested positive, posted a Twitter video Thursday afternoon in which he was masked up and announced that he was back to…
Kid Rock announces Pine Knob dates for what could be his final tour
Kid Rock will headline two shows at metro Detroit’s recently rechristened Pine Knob later this year. The performer — a Waffle House Legend Award winner, according to a press release, whatever that means — will perform back-to-back dates on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17. Foreigner and Trey Lewis are also on the bill.…
Michigan groups raise safety, financial concerns around Line 5 tunnel proposal
Advocates for protecting the waters of the Straits of Mackinac are raising safety and financial concerns about a Canadian natural gas company’s proposal for an underwater pipeline tunnel. Enbridge Energy currently operates the Line 5 pipeline, which runs under the Straits of Mackinac, and now they’re proposing to replace it with a tunnel to run…
Detroit activists launch guerrilla campaign for mail-order abortion pills on ‘Roe v. Wade’ anniversary
Around the city, more than 100 posters have been wheat-pasted onto walls with a bold message: “ABORTION PILLS FOREVER” along with a website address, “shareabortionpill.info,” where people can order abortion pills by mail. The guerrilla information campaign is led by Jex Blackmore, an activist and artist whose work often grapples with sexual oppression and reproductive…
Michigan Republicans sue over newly drawn congressional districts
Seven Michigan Republicans have filed a lawsuit against the state’s redistricting commission, arguing that the recently approved congressional maps are “non-neutral,” “arbitrary,” and disregard community boundaries. The suit asks a judge to order the commission to redraw the congressional districts so that fewer counties are broken up by district boundaries. It’s the second lawsuit challenging…
Arab American National Museum will reopen in February after being closed for two years
After nearly two years of being closed due to COVID-19, Dearborn’s Arab American National Museum is set to reopen on Feb. 2. Finally, some good news. The museum will be open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wed, Feb. 2, with regular business hours to follow. This means we finally get to see Yasmine Nasser…
Vegan takeout spot Aratham Gourmet To Go is coming to downtown Detroit
It hasn’t been a particularly fruitful season for Detroit’s vegan dining scene. Detroit Vegan Soul, the city’s first Black-owned plant-based restaurant, shuttered its original location in West Village last month after more than nine years in business. Following a tumultuous history of closing and relocating, Nosh Pit closed down permanently last year after only a…
R.I.P. a transcendent covers band singer, the Civil War is canceled, a ‘modern’ bodega: the top headlines
News of the death of Rachel Nagy, lead singer of the transcendent covers band the Detroit Cobras, reached fans around the world. The story was our most-read this week. Readers were also interested in Michigan-based Carhartt’s decision to move forward with its mandatory vaccination policy for its workers, exposing a culture war fault line that…
CBD prevented COVID-19 infection in patients, according to new study
Yet another scientific study suggests that cannabis could help fight COVID-19. The latest found that CBD, the non-psychoactive compound found in cannabis touted for its possible health benefits, was able to block COVID-19 replication in human cells. That’s according to a paper published Thursday in the peer-reviewed Science Advances journal. The study saw a team…
Trump’s campaign directed Michigan GOP to create fake electors, state GOP co-chair says
Michigan Republicans submitted certificates falsely claiming to be the state’s presidential electors after they were directed to do so by Trump’s campaign, Michigan GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock said in audio obtained by CNN. “We fought to seat the electors,” Maddock said at a conservative gathering last week. “The Trump campaign asked us to do that.…
With no more government support, Detroit venues come up with their own COVID-19 policies
We’ve entered a strange period of the pandemic. The government-mandated business shutdowns are over, yet COVID-19 continues to spread. As a result, there are no consistent rules at businesses. Perhaps nowhere is this patchwork of policies more apparent than the live music industry, which is built on people gathering in large crowds. Like seemingly everything…
Pepsi drops teaser for Super Bowl 2022 Halftime show starring Eminem and other rap gods
A veritable Mount Rushmore of hip-hop is slated to perform at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, with Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar sharing entertainment duties on Sunday, Feb. 13. To whet the appetite of hip-hop heads, Pepsi dropped a cinematic-style trailer starring the rap gods. The trailer was…
Revamped WinterFest announced for Detroit’s Palmer Park
Detroit’s Palmer Park will host a revamped version of the inaugural WinterFest from Feb. 11-13. The WinterFest was held at Palmer Park in previous years, but was more focused on indoor activities at the park’s log cabin to celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah traditions. This year’s festival will feature family-friendly activities like ice skating, horse…
Michigan electrical workers subjected to ‘Jim Crow-era’ racism, lawsuit alleges
Six former employees of United Electrical Contractors in Michigan filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday, alleging they were routinely subjected to “obscenely racist behaviors and practices.” The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan claims that company management and employees created a retaliatory and hostile work environment by harassing and…
Detroit’s Grey Ghost named one of Yelp’s top restaurants in the U.S. for 2022
Yelp’s annual Top 100 US Restaurants list for 2022 features a Detroit favorite. Lodged in between authentic Mexican restaurants in Phoenix and farm-to-table fare in Costa Mesa is Detroit’s Grey Ghost. Ranked at No. 62, Grey Ghost was chosen for its swanky cocktails and upscale dining experience. If you’ve never been to Grey Ghost, they…
Former metro Detroit priest sentenced for sex abuse as part of sweeping investigation
A former Oakland County priest will serve more than a year in prison after pleading guilty to sex abuse. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the sentencing on Thursday. “While we recognize no sentence can ever undo the harm inflicted on survivors of sexual abuse, it remains our priority to secure accountability for those who…
Death of voting rights legislation could make it harder to vote in Michigan
With the plug pulled on federal legislation to protect voting rights, Michigan voters face a rash of GOP-led restrictions that could make it more difficult to vote. Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to get 50 votes to change the filibuster rules to adopt two voting rights bills that were intended to combat restrictive measures in…
The Henry Ford museum cancels Civil War re-enactment
The Civil War is canceled. Dearborn’s The Henry Ford museum announced Wednesday that it would not continue its annual Civil War re-enactment event, which is typically scheduled for Memorial Day weekend. “We have decided to put our annual Civil War Remembrance program on pause and will not be hosting this event in 2022,” the museum…
Dance Theatre of Harlem take on Stevie Wonder in postponed Detroit debut of ‘Higher Ground’
The Dance Theatre of Harlem will finally debut “Higher Ground,” a new performance set to five songs from Stevie Wonder, at the Detroit Opera House. The performance, named after Wonder’s 1973 song of the same name, was originally supposed to premiere in Detroit in March 2020. Unless you’ve been living in an underground doomsday prep…
More than 1,500 Michiganders will get their student debt forgiven
Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday that more than 1,500 student borrowers in the Great Lakes State will benefit from a settlement between student loan servicer Navient and nearly 40 states, including Michigan. Delaware-based Navient is one of the country’s largest companies that service and collect student loans. It faced litigation brought by several state…
Michigan House cancels votes this week due to COVID-19 spread
The state House of Representatives isn’t voting on any bills this week due to a number of members and staff who have tested positive for COVID-19, are awaiting test results or need to be tested after a close contact tested positive. “Unfortunately, the same COVID wave that is spiking across the country is now reaching…
Nessel says there is enough evidence to charge fake GOP electors
Attorney General Dana Nessel says there is “absolutely” enough election fraud evidence to charge the 16 false electors who attempted to submit a 2020 Electoral College certificate for former President Donald Trump in December 2020. The Democrat asked the feds last week to investigate the 16 fraudulent signees in Michigan, as well as a larger…
University of Michigan reaches $490M settlement in sex abuse case
The University of Michigan reached a $490 million settlement with more than 1,000 former students who said they were sexually assaulted by former football team doctor Robert Anderson. The agreement, which was announced Wednesday, is one of the largest payouts by an American university to settle a sexual abuse case. “We hope this settlement will…
Ex-Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey sentenced to 2 years in prison for taking bribes
Former Detroit City Councilman Andre Spivey was sentenced to two years in federal prison on Wednesday for receiving more than $35,000 in bribes. Spivey, a 47-year-old pastor, Cass Tech High School grad, and law student at Wayne State University, was facing up to five years in prison. Spivey was the first person to be charged…
What does Kyrsten Sinema want?
For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out Kyrsten Sinema’s game. Frustrating though he might be, Joe Manchin at least makes a kind of sense. He’s the last major Democrat standing in a state Donald Trump won by 40 points. Despite being a fixture of West Virginia politics, he was barely reelected in 2018’s…
How social media drives a ‘regression to the extremes’
Earlier this month, we commemorated the somber day one year ago when thousands of Americans tried to ransack our democracy. That came on the backdrop of a global pandemic’s fifth wave, despite now having a safe, effective vaccine that nearly 40% of Americans still refuse to take. Meanwhile, America is just, well, angrier. Videos of…
Trizest’s sister restaurant Hong Kong is worth a trip to Lansing
In metro Detroit, it’s common knowledge among Sichuan heads that Trizest in Sterling Heights is the spot — but did you know that it has a sister restaurant that takes a similar approach, and also offers a long list of southwestern Chinese bangers? I didn’t, and upon learning made it a priority to visit Lansing’s…
Aluna, King Tut, George Clinton, and more things to do in Detroit this week
Select events happening in metro Detroit this week. Submit your events to metrotimes.com/calendar. Aluna Friday, Jan. 21: If you like electropop and don’t know who Aluna is, it’s time to fix that, and here’s your chance. The recently solo artist, who fronted British electronic duo AlunaGeorge, will bring her unique brand of experimental hip-hop and…
Free Will Astrology (Jan. 19-25)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In October 2021, the Vancouver Canucks hockey team played the Seattle Kraken team in a Seattle arena. A fan named Nadia Popovici noticed that the Canucks’ equipment manager Brian Hamilton had an irregular mole on the back of his neck — possibly cancerous. She found a way to communicate her observation…
