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The Detroit Tigers celebrate after a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Comerica Park.

Lapointe: Detroit sports fans finally high on their own, local supply

There’s a new, youthful optimism for four, old franchises

By Joe Lapointe

Detroit’s Puma restaurant draws inspiration from Argentina, South America, and beyond

Detroit’s Puma restaurant draws inspiration from Argentina, South America, and beyond

By Jane Slaughter

The Hyde Amendment has denied reproductive freedom and access, particularly to low-income and patients of color who are already facing tremendous social and economic injustice, our guest columnist writes.

Opinion: Hyde harms us here in Michigan. It’s time for Hyde to go.

Demi Moore as Elizabeth Sparkle in The Substance.

Body horror flick ‘The Substance’ is great — and also weird and gross

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Michael Keaton as the titular character in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and ‘Sing Sing’ couldn’t be more different — but both show the limitations of the movie industry

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

According to a study published last week by the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions, 48,830 Americans suffered gun deaths in 2021.

Lapointe: Is it mere ‘magical thinking’ to charge parents of school shooters?

By Joe Lapointe

Don Johnson as Chief Sandy Burnne and Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond in Rebel Ridge.

‘Rebel Ridge,’ Jeremy Saulnier, and the ‘Post-Social Next Wave’ era of filmmaking

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

In Reagan, Ronnie and Nancy love horses almost as much as each other.

Lapointe: ‘Reagan’ and the making of movie myths

By Joe Lapointe

The Conversation (1974) features the career-best work of Gene Hackman.

Why you should watch the 50th anniversary re-release of ‘The Conversation’

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Detroit Lions defensive end Isaac Ukwu (45) in a festive mood.

Uncharted territory: Detroit Lions 2024-25 season preview

By Jim McFarlin and Jimmy Doom

Writers Jimmy Doom, left, and Jim McFarlin make their Detroit Lions predictions.

Detroit Lions 2024 game-by-game predictions

By Jim McFarlin and Jimmy Doom

Lapointe: Summer playground memories on Detroit’s east side

Lapointe: Summer playground memories on Detroit’s east side

By Joe Lapointe

Assorted plates from Shawarma’s House.

Why Shawarma’s House in Westland is making superior chicken shawarma

Cate Blanchett, Ariana Greenblatt, Kevin Hart, Florian Munteanu, and Jamie Lee Curtis in Borderlands.

Going ‘Cuckoo’: Three dud movies

By Jared Rasic, Last Word Features

Outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, activists protested Israel’s U.S.-backed attack on Gaza.

Despite the DNC’s best efforts to ignore Gaza, the Uncommitted Movement isn’t going anywhere

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