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Hamtramck City Council votes to rename street in support of Palestine

Some questioned how this gesture is different from the city’s ban on LGBTQ+ pride flags

By Layla McMurtrie
Dec 18, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Palestine, Israel, Hamtramck, Gaza, Slideshow
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Federal lawsuit argues Hamtramck’s Pride flag ban is unconstitutional

Conservative Muslims violated the free speech rights of LGBTQ+ supporters, the suit alleges

By Steve Neavling
Nov 7, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, LGBTQ+, Government, Muslims, Hamtramck, Hamtramck City Council, LGBTQ, pride flag, lawsuit, U.S. District Court
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Hamtramck City Council candidate doubles down on comments about Holocaust, child marriage, and homosexuality

Nasr Hussain suggested the Holocaust was ‘advance punishment’ for Israel’s brutality toward Palestinians

By Steve Neavling
Nov 2, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, LGBTQ+, Politics & Government, Hamtramck, Hamtramck City Council, politics, Holocaust, Anti-Semitism, Palestinians, Nasr Hussain, Facebook, social media
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How some Michigan Muslims united with extremist Republicans against LGBTQ+ rights

Unholy alliance

By Steve Neavling
Sep 27, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, LGBTQ+, Longform, Politics & Government, Hamtramck, Mayor Amer Ghalib, LGBTQ+ rights in Michigan, Mayor Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn, Muslims in Metro Detroit, Cover Story
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Hamtramck mayor describes group that flew LGBTQ+ Pride flag as a ‘militia’

On Tudor Dixon’s podcast, Ghalib says Nessel is part of a state-orchestrated intimidation campaign by the LGBTQ+ community

By Jon King, Michigan Advance
Jul 14, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, LGBTQ+, Hamtramck, LGBTQ+ rights in Michigan, Hamtramck City Council, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib
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Protesters stage Hamtramck rally after city banned Pride flags

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib baselessly claims opponents are outside agitators

By Steve Neavling
Jun 19, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, LGBTQ+, Hamtramck, Amer Ghalib, LGBTQ, Pride flag, Protest, Hamtramck City Hall, Muslims
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Metro Detroit cities rally behind LGBTQ+ residents after Hamtramck’s Pride flag ban

‘You are loved, you are welcome, and you are valued,’ state Sen. Stephanie Chang said

By Steve Neavling
Jun 16, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, Pride flag, Pride month, Hamtramck, Detroit, Hazel Park, Muslims, Luke Londo, Shri Thanedar
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Hamtramck City Council bans Pride flag from city property

The all-Muslim council faces backlash from LGBTQ+ supporters for invoking religion to justify a hateful action

By Steve Neavling
Jun 14, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, LGBTQ+, LGBTQ, Hamtramck, Muslim-Americans, Islam, Pride flag, Pride Month, Hamtramck City Council, Nayeem Choudhury
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Showtime Clothing is now open in Hamtramck

Owner Dan Tatarian relocated his long-standing store with a rock ’n’ roll flair after its Midtown neighborhood changed

By Lee DeVito
Mar 9, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit News, Local Businesses, Showtime Clothing, Hamtramck, Detroit rock 'n' roll, Midtown
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George Cvetanovski, owner of Hamtramck's Seven Brothers Bar, has reportedly died

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 3, 2022

Tags: Detroit News, Hamtramck, Seven Brothers Bar, George Cvetanovski
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Former Flint mayor says judge-approved $626 million settlement for Flint is nowhere near enough

By Lee DeVito
Nov 11, 2021

Tags: Flint water crisis, Benton Harbor, Hamtramck, Michigan, Whitmer, Karen Weaver
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Detroit City Council to call on Duggan to stop working with attorney who mocked activist with disabilities

By Steve Neavling
Nov 10, 2021

Tags: Hamtramck, Detroit, attorney, Detroit City Council, James Allen Sr., Allen Brothers, law firm, people with disabilities, Detroit Disability Power
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Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, and Hamtramck elect their first Muslim mayors

By Lee DeVito
Nov 3, 2021

Tags: Hamtramck, Dearborn, Muslim, Arab
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Elevated lead levels detected in Hamtramck water

By Lee DeVito
Oct 20, 2021

Tags: water, Michigan, Hamtramck, lead, Flint, Benton Harbor
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Hamtramck placed its lawyer on leave after he sent insulting emails to activist with disabilities

By Steve Neavling
Oct 5, 2021

Tags: Hamtramck, attorney, wheelchair, Kathleen Angerer, James Allen, Allen Brothers, Protest, petition
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'Pathetic little wheel boy:' City of Hamtramck’s attorney ruthlessly mocks local activist in a wheelchair

By Steve Neavling
Sep 29, 2021

Tags: Lawsuit, First Amendment, FOIA, Inkster, Hamtramck, activist, wheelchair, Charles Blackwell, James Peter Allen Sr.
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Historic Negro League ballpark in Hamtramck to get new life with $2.6M in renovations

By Steve Neavling
Jul 23, 2021

Tags: Negro Leagues, Hamtramck Stadium, Turkey Stearns, sports, baseball, Hamtramck, history, Wayne County, Warren Evans
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Justice Department deploys monitors to protect voters in metro Detroit, Flint

By Steve Neavling
Nov 2, 2020

Tags: Election, voting, Justice Department, Detroit, Eastpointe, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Shelby Township, Jackson, Flint, Michigan, Civil Rights, voter intimidation
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People are losing it over a Hamtramck funeral home's online estate sale, offering caskets, dolls, and vintage 'Playboy'

By Jerilyn Jordan
May 11, 2020

Tags: News Hits, Hamtramck, estate sales, Funeral homes
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Detroit City FC's dream to join a new professional soccer league has fallen apart — for now

By Will Feuer
Jul 29, 2019

Tags: News Hits, DCFC, Detroit City FC, Hamtramck, Keyworth Stadium, professional soccer, amateur soccer, soccer