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Politics & Elections

RFK Jr. secures ballot access in Michigan as potential spoiler

Whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will draw more votes from Biden or Trump is the subject of much debate and speculation

By Steve Neavling
Apr 18, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Election, politics, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Natural Law Party, vaccines, conspiracy theories, Donald Trump, President Biden, Michigan
Politics & Elections

Anti-Trump campaign targets Michigan with voices of disaffected Republicans

Republican Voters Against Trump launched a $50 million ad campaign featuring homemade testimonial videos from remorseful voters

By Steve Neavling
Apr 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, election, politics, Republicans, Political Action Committee, Republican Voters Against Trump, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Right-wing fraudsters fined $1.25M for racist robocall scheme in Michigan, other states

Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman were charged with multiple felonies for spreading misinformation to Black voters in the Detroit area

By Steve Neavling
Apr 10, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Crime, Jacob Wohl, Jack Burkman, New York, Michigan, Detroit, Black voters, election, politics, Letitia James, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Arts

Detroit’s Kresge Arts intermingles sound with visual and literary arts in first-ever online exhibition

The exhibition includes themes of solidarity and community, inspired by 1970s Detroit radio DJ The Electrifying Mojo

By Layla McMurtrie
Apr 5, 2024

Tags: Arts, Music, News, Kresge Arts, Detroit artists, Michigan artists, Detroit art, sound art, music, visual art, poetry, Detroit poets, Slideshow
Culture

Ann Arbor’s eccentric FoolMoon festival returns with following FestiFools parade

The event’s huge dance party will feature Detroit DJ Problematic Black Hottie

By Layla McMurtrie
Mar 26, 2024

Tags: Culture, News, Things to Do, Visual Art, Ann Arbor events, Ann Arbor festivals, FoolMoon festival, FestiFools, Detroit events, things to do this weekend in Ann Arbor, music, art, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Trump’s trail of ‘blood’ goes back (at least) to Michigan

Trump runs a blood-curdling campaign of doom and gloom, fear and smear

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 25, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, 2024 election, Macomb County, Joe Biden
Metro Detroit

State agency probes Warren Police Department’s alleged offer to hide misconduct investigation

Ex-Commissioner William Dwyer accused again of concealing claims of officer wrongdoing

By Steve Neavling
Mar 15, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Warren Police Department, William Dwyer, wandering cops in Michigan, Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards, MCOLES, Michigan, Warren, police misconduct
Politics & Elections

Quinnipiac poll: Trump leads Biden in Michigan

The Quinnipiac University survey also found strong support among Democrats for Gov. Whitmer to run for president in the future

By Lee DeVito
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Media, News, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, 2024 presidential election
Arts

MAP Fest returns for a second year with goals to grow and highlight ‘the beauty of the hood’

Organizers hope to expand the day of music, art, and poetry with more interactive activities

By Layla McMurtrie
Mar 14, 2024

Tags: Arts, Music, Things to Do, MAP Fest, Detroit events, Detroit festivals, music, art, poetry, Detroit music, Highland Park, Avalon Village, Mama Shu, Rock Local Entertainment Cafe, Detroit artists, Detroit talent, Slideshow
Metro Detroit

Highland Park councilman tells police mayor threatened him with physical violence

‘You literally fucked with the wrong person. I don’t take threats well,’ Councilman Ash-Shafii says

By Steve Neavling
Mar 4, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Government, Khursheed Ash-Shafii, Glenda McDonald, threat, Highland Park, Great Lakes Water authority, water deal, michigan, Michigan State Police
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

Justin Amash returns to Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate seat

Once the only Libertarian in Congress, Amash left the GOP in 2019 citing a ‘partisan death spiral’

By Steve Neavling
Feb 29, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Justin Amash, U.S. Senate, politics, election, Republicans, libertarian, Republican primary election, Congress
Concert Announcements

Afro Nation festival set to return to Detroit this summer

Mark your calendars

By Randiah Camille Green
Feb 28, 2024

Tags: Concert Announcements, Music, News, Afro Nation Detroit 2024, summer music festivals, things to do in Detroit, summer in Detroit, music, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Marianne Williamson ‘unsuspends’ her presidential campaign as Americans watch ‘car crash in slow motion’

Her re-entry into the race comes one day after both Biden and Trump showed vulnerabilities in Michigan’s primary election

By Steve Neavling
Feb 28, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Marianne Williamson, Politics, election, Donald Trump, President Biden, universal health care, student debt, tuition-free college, democrats, primary election
Politics & Elections

Listen to Michigan campaign rebukes Biden with strong ‘uncommitted’ Democratic primary results

The grassroots movement aims to pressure the President to push harder for a ceasefire in Gaza

By Lee DeVito
Feb 27, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Listen to Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer, Dearborn, 2024 election
Politics & Elections

Outspoken Flint Councilman and TikTok sensation Eric Mays dies

The 65-year-old is known for his outbursts and passionate support of residents during the Flint water crisis

By Steve Neavling
Feb 26, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Flint Water Crisis, Obituary, Eric Mays, Flint, Flint City Council, TikTok, Sam Riddle, politics, obit
Politics & Elections

Flint mayor Neeley warns Democrats of Black voter exodus

Polls show an increasing number of Black voters are pulling away from the Democratic Party

By Steve Neavling
Feb 22, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Sheldon Neeley, Flint, Sam Riddle, National Action Network, Michigan, Michigan Democratic Party, President Biden, Donald Trump, election, politics
Michigan

Nessel moves to toss lawsuit by hair salon that said trans people should go to ‘pet groomer’

Traverse City’s Studio 8 Hair Lab claims it has the right to discriminate based on gender identity

By Steve Neavling
Feb 21, 2024

Tags: Michigan, News, LGBTQ+, Civil Rights, Michigan, Studio 8 Hair Lab, Traverse City, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, transphobia in Michigan, transgender rights in Michigan, Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
Politics & Elections

Dearborn mayor makes stirring case for ‘uncommitted’ vote in Democratic primary

Abdullah Hammoud says Biden is ignoring Arab Americans who helped him win Michigan

By Steve Neavling
Feb 20, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Media, Abdullah Hammoud, Dearborn, Arab Americans, Muslims, Michigan, Democratic Primary election, Democrats, uncommitted
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Watch out, Detroit. Sore loser Donald Trump is watching you.

The big demagogue makes a muscular new friend in Waterford Township

By Joe Lapointe
Feb 19, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, News, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, Waterford, 2024 election, Joe Biden, Michigan Republican Party, Slideshow