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Falling in love on Belle Isle all over again

Do you believe in magic? It’s just over the bridge.

By Michael Betzold

Sep 30, 2023

No man is an island, John Donne wrote in the seventeenth century. He didn’t say no man could love an island...

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Photos show 100 years of UAW strikes in Detroit

By Layla McMurtrie

Sept. 6, 1967: Ford Motor Co. employees strike at Rouge Plant City Gate 4.

How some Michigan Muslims united with extremist Republicans against LGBTQ+ rights

Unholy alliance

By Steve Neavling

In metro Detroit, conservative Muslims and Christians are forming a new right-wing coalition against “wokeness.”

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Five hours of sleep, not enough money for food: GM Lansing Delta Twp. facility workers talk strike

By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance

Members of the UAW picket line in Delta Township, Michigan on September 29, 2023.

99% of Detroit casino workers vote to authorize strike

By Lee DeVito

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At University of Michigan color garden, plants are used to make natural dyes and paper

By Randiah Camille Green

Stamps 2D media studio coordinator Nicholas Dowgwillo shows the new Sustainable Materials & Color Garden to students and faculty.

First historical marker in Michigan honoring Mexican community placed in Southwest Detroit

By Layla McMurtrie

A historical marker honoring Tejano music has been placed in southwest Detroit.

Detroit-area strip club says UAW workers get in free for duration of strike

By Lee DeVito

“Because of their hard work and dedication, we decided to give back during these times of uncertainty,” a representative for strip club Dream Girls Detroit says of the striking UAW workers.

‘Rogue’ ex-Detroit cop resigns from another department after losing law enforcement license

By Steve Neavling

Screenshot of video showing a Detroit cop punching a man in the face in Greektown.

As of noon, 25,000 UAW members will be striking against the Detroit Three automakers

By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance

Employees join the picket line at General Motor’s Lansing Redistribution Center as the location was called to strike on September 22, 2023.

‘First Lady of BMF’ Tonesa Welch biopic to debut on BET+ in October

By Randiah Camille Green

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story is set to debut on BET+ on Oct. 5.

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