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Feb 21-27, 2018
Vol. 38, No. 20

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Cover Story

Under Trump, a growing number of metro Detroit millennials are turning to socialism
- by Violet Ikonomova

News & Views

Higher Ground
Detroit chooses to overrule the people and fight pot proposals
by Larry Gabriel
Tags: Higher Ground, recreational marijuana, Detroit pot proposals, Detroit pot

Local News
Under Trump, a growing number of metro Detroit millennials are turning to socialism
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: Local News, Greater Detroit Democratic Socialists of America, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, socialism, millennials, Cover Story

News Hits
Michigan Democrats love Linda Belcher — no, not that one
by Alexandra Fluegel
Tags: News Hits, Michigan democrats, Michigan politics, Linda Belcher

News Hits
'March for Our Lives' gun reform rally will be held in metro Detroit March 24
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: News Hits, Parkland shooting, March for our Lives, Detroit gun control rally, Ann Arbor gun control rally

News Hits
The documentary on the French artist murdered in Detroit is available now
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, Bilal Berreni, film, documentary, Zoo Project, murder, Adult Contemporary, Brewster Projects

News Hits
A free software coding bootcamp is available to Detroit residents
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, Job training, job training in Detroit, tech jobs in Detroit, Meridian, Grand Circus, Detroit at Work

News Hits
NYT ad calls out lawmakers who have accepted NRA money, including Michigan's
by Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, guns, Parkland, Michigan, NRA, National Rifle Association, Congress, Justin Amash, John Bergman, Mike Bishop, Paul Mitchell, John Moolenaar, Dave Trott, Fred Upton, Tim Walberg

News Hits
Freep business writer: Fewer jobs could be new normal
by Michael Jackman
Tags: News Hits, Michigan business, business journalism, Gov. Rick Snyder, unemployment, adult labor participation rate

News Hits
Melvindale student charged after threatening to 'shoot up the school' on Snapchat
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, school shooting, melvindale, terrorism threat, juvenile, teen

News Hits
Why the Grand Prix's $58M economic impact claim is mostly bullshit
by Tom Perkins
Tags: News Hits, Belle Isle, SportsImpacts, Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, Detroit Grand Prix, Penske, Roger Penske, Neil deMause, sports economic impact, Belle Isle Grand Prix, IndyCar Detroit, IndyCar

News Hits
Michigan House approves divisive bill to make English official state language
by Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Republicans, Michigan, Abdul Al-Sayed

News Hits
Diana Ross' sister is running for a Michigan House seat
by Alexandra Fluegel
Tags: News Hits, Rita Ross, Diana Ross, motown, singer, fame, Michigan House, Michigan House District 5

News Hits
Detroit native Chanté Adams stars in upcoming Netflix film
by Alexandra Fluegel
Tags: The Scene, Detroit, actress, Roxanne Roxanne, Chante Adams, Netflix

News Hits
Bills addressing sexual assault to be introduced in Michigan Senate Monday
by Jack Nissen
Tags: News Hits, Sexual Assault, Legislation, Larry Nassar, Michigan State University

News Hits
This Michigan pothole is so big it has nearly swallowed a rotund police officer
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, grand blanc, michigan, pot holes, bad roads, infrastructure

News Hits
Michigan Democrat explains his vote to make English the official state language
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, english language bill, michigan, yooper, dianda

News Hits
NBC's Good Girls premieres tonight featuring suburban Michigan moms
by Alexandra Fluegel
Tags: The Scene, Good Girls, NBC, Michigan, TV, TV shows

News Hits
Detroit Police Chief James Craig advocates for arming teachers
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Detroit, police chief, james craig, NRA, poster boy, gun rights, pro-gun, pro-life, armed teachers

News Hits
EPA: Black and poor neighborhoods more likely to have high air pollution
by Michael Jackman
Tags: News Hits, Detroit trash incinerator, environmental racism in Detroit, EPA, pollution, pollution in Detroit

News Hits
Big Boy sign face-plants in northern Michigan
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, Big Boy, Kalkaska, blown over, face-plant, high winds, up north

News Hits
QLine cracks down on fare dodgers with possible jail time and fines up to $500
by Violet Ikonomova
Tags: News Hits, QLine, M-1 Rail, Detroit, police, fare evasion, fare beating, low-level crime, fare dodging

News Hits
Meet the 'Real House Reps of Detroit' on March 5
by Alexandra Fluegel
Tags: News Hits, Real Housewives of Detroit, Real House Reps of Detroit, Detroit politics, Detroit women politicians

News Hits
A Dearborn woman is on a mission to aid orphans in Iraq and Jordan
by Malak Silmi
Tags: News Hits, Humanitarian work, Syrian and Iraqi refugees, Orphans

News Hits
Michigan filmmaker releases trailer for Enbridge Line 5 documentary
by Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Line 5, Enbridge, Michigan, Straits of Mackninac, documentary, Barton Bund

News Hits
Keegan-Michael Key opened a Quicken Loans company meeting at LCA today and no one knows what's going on
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: News Hits, Quicken Loans, Keegan Michael-Key, Dan Gilbert

News Hits
Ben Carson's HUD spent $31k on a dining set while planning cuts for poor people
by Lee DeVito
Tags: News Hits, Ben Carson, HUD, Trump's America

Politics & Prejudices
Why Michigan needs the 'law of the jungle'
by Jack Lessenberry
Tags: Politics & Prejudices, jack lessenberry, john conyers, michigan politics

Savage Love
Savage Love: Bi and biphobia
by Dan Savage
Tags: Savage Love, dan savage, savage love, sex advice

Arts & Culture

Movies
Annihilation challenges notions of identity and perception
by Cameron Meier
Tags: Movies, Annihilation, Natalie Portman, Ex-Machina

The Scene
Mitch Albom wrote another book and oh please god make it stop
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, mitch albom, the five people you meet in heaven, the five people you meet in heaven sequal, the next person you meet in heaven

The Scene
Mound Road has more craters than the surface of the moon as evidenced by this YouTube video
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, Michigan potholes, Michigan roads, Michigan infrastructure

The Scene
Vandals keep dumping pizza all over a Troy man's Jeep
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, pizza pillagers, meanwhile in Troy, WTF news

The Scene
Legends of Wrestling to powerslam Fraser Hockeyland Arena this spring
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: The Scene, Legends of Wrestling Detroit, Legends of Wrestling, WWE event Detroit

The Scene
Detroit’s only campground to reopen after more than a decade
by Lee DeVito
Tags: The Scene, Detroit, camping, Sierra Club, Scout Hollow, Rouge Park

The Scene
Midtown's Source Booksellers named a top 5 finalist for national award
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, Source Booksellers, Detroit business, black-owned business, Midtown, Janet Webster Jones

The Scene
University of Detroit Mercy alum says you can do yoga and still love Jesus
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, yoga, yoga in Detroit, Christian yoga, Ignatian Yoga, Yoga retreat, metro Detroit yoga retreat

The Scene
Detroit artist makes moody night lights from shards of broken brake lights
by Michael Jackman
Tags: The Scene, Detroit art, Detroit artists, night lights made in Detroit

The Scene
Michiganders love to complain about potholes, according to this map
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, potholes, michigan potholes, michigan roads, pothole season, potholes worse this year, Detroit potholes

The Scene
Eastern Market's beloved Discount Candles is not closing
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, Discount Candles, Detroit candle store, 7-day candle store in Detroit

The Scene
Metro Detroit Tattoo artists team up to ink roses, raise money for sexual assault survivors
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: Table and Bar, #MeToo, Times Up, Joyful Heart Foundation, Lucky Monkey Tattoo

The Scene
Get inked at Motor City Tattoo Expo this weekend
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: The Scene, Motor City Tattoo Expo, Detroit tattoo expo, Detroit tattoo artists, things to do in Detroit

The Scene
Unofficial dark lord of stand-up Anthony Jeselnik will test audiences at Royal Oak Music Theatre
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: The Scene, Anthony Jeselnik, Royal Oak Music Theatre, stand-up comedy, things to do in Detroit

The Scene
The Music of Harry Potter brings Hogwarts to life at the Michigan Theater
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, Harry Potter events Detroit, Music of Hogwarts, Things to do in Ann Arbor, Things to do in Detroit

The Scene
Forbes names Detroit to list of 'coolest' travel destinations in 2018
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: The Scene, Detroit tourism, Detroit travel, Detroit Airbnb

Visual Art
Artist Chico MacMurtrie, U-M students build robot that could cross Mexican wall
by Lee DeVito
Tags: Visual Art, University of Michigan, Chico MacMurtrie:, Trump, Mexico

Horoscopes
Horoscopes (Feb. 21-27)
by Cal Garrison
Tags: Horoscopes, horoscopes, astrology, cal garrison

Food & Drink

Review: Bolero fills a gap in Detroit's dining scene with tastes of South America
by Tom Perkins
Tags: Food & Drink, restaurant review, detroit restaurant, Bolero

Table and Bar
Zingerman's Coffee Company relaunches this week
by Tom Perkins
Tags: Table and Bar, Zingerman's Zingerman's Coffee

Table and Bar
Farmer's Hand owners announce offshoot cafe, Folk, to open in Corktown
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: Table and Bar, FOLK, Folk Detroit, Corktown restaurant, Corktown cafe, Farmer's Hand, Detroit restaurant

Table and Bar
Szechuan sauce is returning to metro Detroit McDonald's locations
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: Table and Bar, mcdonald's, rick and morty, szechuan sauce

Table and Bar
A secret 'authentic Mexican restaurant' is in the works in downtown Ferndale
by Tom Perkins
Tags: Table and Bar, Street food tacos, Ferndale, Ferndale tacos, Ferndale Mexican restaurant, . Ferndale restaurants

Table and Bar
A Swahili coney island pop up is coming to Detroit this Sunday
by Tom Perkins
Tags: Table and Bar, Swahili coney, coney dog, Detroit pop ups, Detroit restaurants, Detroit coey island, East African food, East African Food Detroit, Detroit

Table and Bar
Meet Black Pig, Michigan's first (legit) dry cure salumists
by Tom Perkins
Tags: Table and Bar, Tecumseh, salami, Black Pig, Black Pig Salame company, Black Pig Salame Company Tecumseh, The Boulevard Market

Table and Bar
Burger restaurant Lovers Only targets an early March opening
by Tom Perkins
Tags: Table and Bar, Lovers Only, Detroit burgers, Detroit burger, Detroit restaurant, Capitol Park Detroit, Lovers Only Detroit

Table and Bar
Detroit Sushi Festival will roll into Eastern Market this summer
by Alysa Zavala-Offman
Tags: Table and Bar, Detroit Sushi Festival, Eastern Market, Things to do in Detroit, sushi in Detroit

Table and Bar
Metro Detroit IHOP locations are giving away short stacks to honor National Pancake Day
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: Table and Bar, IHOP free pancakes, IHOP Detroit location, IHOP Michigan locations, National Pancake Day

Music

City Slang
Imagine Dragons are coming to Detroit and they have a new song
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, Imagine Dragons, Detroit concerts, Little Caesars Arena, things to do in Detroit

City Slang
Ted Nugent seems to think Parkland shooting survivors are 'actors'
by Lee DeVito
Tags: City Slang, Ted Nugent, Parkland, National Rifle Association

City Slang
Sam Austins premieres new Rihanna-themed single, 'Fenty'
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, fenty, bag gal rhi rhi, sam austins, bands to watch

City Slang
Detroit chillwave darling Vespre premieres new single, 'Lovers'
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, Detroit, chill-wave, new music, '90s, Meg Ryan, Kaylan Waterman

City Slang
Andrew W.K's new album is streaming and yes he sings about parties
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, Andrew W.K., You Are Not Alone, Andrew W.K.

City Slang
Metallica will close out their upcoming tour with a stop in Grand Rapids
by Anthony Spak
Tags: City Slang, Metallica, Detroit, Michigan, Metal.

City Slang
Lansing bar cited after Juggalo downloaded Three 6 Mafia's entire discography
by Lee DeVito
Tags: City Slang, Mac's Bar, Lansing, Juggalos, Three 6 Mafia

City Slang
Master of chill, Jack Johnson, is coming to DTE Energy Music Theatre
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, DTE summer schedule, DTE summer concerts, Jack Johnson Detroit

City Slang
Transangelic prince Ezra Furman will play the Loving Touch with Anna Burch
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, music, indie, Detroit, Anna Burch, glitter

City Slang
Punk prophets Propagandhi are going to overthrow the system at Magic Stick
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: City Slang, Punk, Detroit, vegan, Propagandhi, Things to do in Detroit, concerts in Detroit

City Slang
The grit, grease, and muscle of Autorama returns this weekend
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: The Scene, Autorama, Cobo Hall, Detroit auto show, Detroit hot rod show, things to do in Detroit

City Slang
Metal band breaks up after Detroit's Trumbullplex accuses members of sexual assault
by Lee DeVito
Tags: City Slang, Young and in the Way, Detroit, Trumbullplex

Local Music
The drunken dichotomy of Deer Tick
by Jerilyn Jordan
Tags: Local Music, Detroit concerts, things to do in Detroit, Deer Tick Detroit concert, Magic Stick

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