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Upside-down braille signs on the Detroit QLine cause complaints

But some blind and visually impaired people say there’s good reason for the apparent mistake

By Randiah Camille Green

Dec 15, 2022

Cathy McAdam is blind and has been reading braille since she was four. Despite her lifetime of experience, she’s never encountered upside-down braille signs like the ones along the Detroit QLine...

Upside-down braille signs on the Detroit QLine cause complaints

Detroit City Council isn’t ‘dysfunctional,’ but it can let the perfect be the enemy of the good

There are sometimes unintended consequences to holding out for something better

By Lee DeVito

Due to Detroit City Council, many residents are stuck playing a waiting game.

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By Tom Tomorrow

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Detroit is offering help to residents facing eviction.

By Steve Neavling

Dec 14, 2022

Free eviction defense is getting closer to becoming a reality in Detroit

The proposed site of a concrete crushing plant at 4445 Lawton St. in Core City in Detroit.

By Steve Neavling

Dec 14, 2022

Protesters to gather in Detroit neighborhood to oppose a concrete crushing plant

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From left, Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico

By Steve Neavling

Dec 15, 2022

3 men convicted in plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer sentenced up to 20 years in prison

So far, a completed review of 1,900 claims of abuse from the Boy Scouts of America has resulted in nearly 90 cases being investigated for further action.

Dec 14, 2022

Man sentenced in Michigan for abusing children while he was in the Boy Scouts and LDS Church

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The four-member Michigan Board of State Canvassers unanimously voted to certify the November election.

By Steve Neavling

Nov 28, 2022

Reason prevails as Michigan canvassers certify statewide election amid false claims of fraud

Right-wing rally calling for a so-called “audit” of the 2020 election at the Michigan Capitol, Oct. 12, 2021.

By Laina G. Stebbins, Michigan Advance

Nov 21, 2022

Half of incoming Michigan GOP lawmakers are election deniers

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Theatre Bizarre's Zombo the Clown.

By Alex Washington

Nov 5, 2022

Unmasking Theatre Bizarre and debunking lies about Prop 3: The top 10 Metro Times headlines

Chili Mustard Onions in Brush Park.

By Alex Washington

Oct 28, 2022

Goodbye to Detroit’s vegan coney dogs and hello to hip-hop-infused yoga: The top 10 Metro Times headlines

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Project Censored’s top 10 stories of 2022 show just one pattern dominating all others this year

Project Censored’s top 10 stories of 2022 show just one pattern dominating all others this year

20 things Detroit deserves: Our ideas for gifts for the Motor City

20 things Detroit deserves: Our ideas for gifts for the Motor City

“It was during an intense wind storm in the fall of 2014 that I first witnessed the powerful waves Lake Erie can generate. Lake Erie is the shallowest and the warmest of the five Great Lakes. And the waves I capture on this lake are generally two-fold. There are the main lake waves, which are generated from strong winds that whip up the water, and there are secondary waves that are created when these waves crash into barriers near the shoreline.”

Powerful Lake Erie wave photos show the wilder side of our Great Lake

Detroit celebrates the 96th America’s Thanksgiving Parade [PHOTOS]

Detroit celebrates the 96th America’s Thanksgiving Parade [PHOTOS]

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