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Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Could Michigan’s ‘uncommitted’ vote tip the election to Trump?

If so, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson will need to learn Russian

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 4, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Media, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Dearborn, Hamtramck, Listen to Michigan, Michigan Arab Americans, Michigan Muslims, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Republican Party, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Detroit Councilwoman Waters challenges Thanedar, pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

‘Voters want the killing to stop,’ Waters said

By Steve Neavling
Feb 8, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Mary Waters, 13th Congressional District, primary election, election, politics, Hamtramck, Detroit, Michigan, Shri Thanedar, Adam Hollier
Metro Detroit

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
Politics & Elections

Rep. Aiyash to join hunger strike in D.C. calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Dem leader doesn’t say whether he’ll support Biden’s reelection

By Jon King, Michigan Advance
Nov 30, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, State Rep. Abraham Aiyash, Hamtramck, Michigan Democratic Party, Israel, Joe Biden, Gaza, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
ICYMI

Cannabis and coney dog pasties: The top 10 Metro Times headlines of the week

Here's what our readers clicked on the most

By Alex Washington
Apr 15, 2022

Tags: ICYMI, ICYMI, Top Ten, Marijuana, Cannabis, Copper House, Detroit, Hamtramck, Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers
Michigan

Hamtramck cop charged with taking bribes as part of widening public corruption probe

By Steve Neavling
Mar 3, 2022

Tags: Michigan News, Hamtramck, Hamtramck police department, police, bribery, Operation Northern Hook, FBI, towing industry
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

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
Metro Detroit

Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, and Hamtramck elect their first Muslim mayors

By Lee DeVito
Nov 3, 2021

Tags: Hamtramck, Dearborn, Muslim, Arab
Metro Detroit

Elevated lead levels detected in Hamtramck water

By Lee DeVito
Oct 20, 2021

Tags: water, Michigan, Hamtramck, lead, Flint, Benton Harbor
Michigan

Opinion: Hamtramck city attorney comments about disabled man is example of systemic ableism

By Dessa Cosma
Oct 11, 2021

Tags: Views, Detroit Disability Power, James Allen, Sr., Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Hamtramck, Inkster, Wayne County, disabilities, ableism