Detroit Metro Times

Metro Detroit's alternative weekly. Founded 1980. Contact our reporters at [email protected].

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What makes Detroit such a great sports city? Let’s count the ways. The answer is part geography, part history, and a whole lot of devotion. https://t.co/RifQVhpVMR

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She needed a kidney. A Birmingham marketing team spent four years helping her find one https://t.co/3b4GBj37no

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Michael Bouchard Jr.’s campaign took big money from real estate execs whose companies have faced race and pregnancy discrimination allegations, disability cases, unsafe-housing complaints, and serious code violations.
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Joel Walkowski turned a lifetime of Lions heartbreak into Honolulu Blues.

The author, comedian, and Metro Times Lions columnist will read from his memoir Friday at the Detroit Public Library. https://t.co/EcSnBOvCPq

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Big Rock Italian Chophouse has launched a weekday happy hour in Birmingham, with $5 off cocktails and appetizers, $10 wines, and half-off beer from 4-6 p.m. Monday through Friday. https://t.co/WafmlB2t3r

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Teddy Swims brought The UGLY Tour to Little Caesars Arena this week. 📸

See our photos from the Detroit show. https://t.co/nJqvIZtELd

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Mike Rogers is promising cheaper health care. But his congressional record includes 19 votes against children’s health coverage, 9 votes or actions involving 9/11 responder care, and opposition to federal drug-price efforts.

We examined his new plan. https://t.co/De2V6SuPBQ

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Abdul El-Sayed is on the cover of this week’s Metro Times.

We look at how the former health director went from long-shot candidate to U.S. Senate nominee, powered by big crowds, grassroots money, & progressive politics while confronting Islamophobia. https://t.co/DMDCiExQ8v

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Republican AG nominee Doug Lloyd is raising money with David Kallman, the lawyer who fought to let prosecutors enforce Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban after Roe fell. Lloyd took a similar position himself in 2022. https://t.co/jfXRaFvHn1

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A Michigan child welfare case had no primary worker listed for more than three years, according to a new state audit.
Five years after auditors first raised alarms, they say MDHHS still hasn’t fixed two serious caseload problems. https://t.co/SYvezysSqP

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Athletics player Zack Gelof is suing the Tigers & Ilitch Holdings after he says exposed metal fencing at Comerica Park sliced open his knee during a sliding catch. His attorney said, “My son’s little league diamond is safer.” https://t.co/D7Ckql5EeM

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Detroit People’s Food Co-op is raising money, recruiting members, and making operational changes as the Black-led grocery store confronts cash-flow problems and rising costs. https://t.co/XTMUnZ6vZO

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Lupe Fiasco, Gym Class Heroes and B.o.B brought the Back to Basics tour to the Fillmore for a no-frills night of hip-hop. Check out our photos from the night. https://t.co/AcGA4AosdI

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In Congress, Mike Rogers cast 19 votes against measures to extend, expand, or increase funding for health insurance for children of working families, a Metro Times review found.

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Capuchin Soup Kitchen is getting a $2.4 million restaurant-style makeover.
Refettorio Detroit will offer plated, multi-course meals, table service, local art, and guest chef takeovers on the city’s east side. https://t.co/XVC3tJrC2D

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As a legitimate journalist, I know unproven anecdotal evidence from social media followers deserves to be spread without investigation.

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I gotta give the Detroit News editorial board credit. They really put in the work to make their case.

Normally you have to go to the Newsmax Facebook page for this kind of analysis.

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The Lions finally have a team to root for. So why does the blockbuster trade always seem to remain a rumor?

Lions author Joel Walkowski writes that after years of rebuilding, Detroit fans have every right to want their teams to take a big swing. https://t.co/GlGdOSnkrV

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Metro Times / @MCmuckraker are doing amazing election coverage calling out hypocrisy and lies this season.

Seriously, check it out and spread the word. James and Rogers both are shady AF and Michigan deserves better than their surveillance state supporting nonsense.

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John James raised money in Washington at a fundraiser hosted entirely by senior figures at BGR Group, which has reported $590,000 in lobbying income from Flock Safety.

The fundraiser comes as Michigan communities push back on Flock cameras. https://t.co/3zV9KlzkS9