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My Response to Rush Limbaugh's Rage

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

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Yesterday I was referred to on air as "scum" by Rush Limbaugh. I was called out for challenging his efforts to own an NFL team, saying that Limbaugh's history of racial bombast should count against him.

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Detroit Newspapers' Traffic, Sales Up Since Home Delivery Reduction

AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | Media

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DETROIT — Executives with Detroit's daily newspapers say they have kept more readers and subscribers than they expected, more than a month after...

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Limbaugh's Love Letter -- To A Huffington Post Blogger!

Bill Mann | Posted 05.20.2009 | Media

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"I have actually been moved by what you have written and the way you have written it," Rush Limbaugh wrote to me.

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Detroit Newspapers Start Reduced Home Delivery

AP | ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

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Missing from the doorsteps and driveways of many Michigan homes Monday morning: newspapers. In a bold but risky move aimed at ensuring their survival...

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There's Something About Print

Harry Moroz | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

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If local papers disappear entirely (that is, if their digital versions fail), the evidence suggests that "untraditional" sources like blogs just won't be able to pick up the displaced audience.

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White House Still "Gathering Information" While Detroit Suppliers go Bankrupt

Steve Parker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Business

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Even Bush doesn't want to go down in history as the man who oversaw the destruction of GM, Ford and Chrysler (I hope), and I'd guess Obama wishes he could install his own new team now and fire Paulson.

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Detroit Papers Looking To Cut Delivery To Three Days A Week

AP | Posted 01.12.2009 | Media

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DETROIT — The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press are leaning toward cutting home delivery to three days a week, The Wall Street Journal reporte...

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Detroit's Next Step; Analysis of Rescue Proposal Here

Steve Parker | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

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It's always nice to own part of any failing automotive giant from the last century, if the companies are still not viable three, six or even twelve months from now, what will taxpayers' ownership be worth?

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If You Doubt That There Is a Healthcare Crisis, Come to Michigan

Harold Pollack | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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Of Detroit's 42 hospitals that operated in 1960, four remain. Locals know a thing or two about the agony of auto plant closings. Local hospital closings are also a heavy blow.

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Suddenly Obama's Auto-Policies Matter: Michigan Is The New Florida

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.23.2008 | Home

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Any sort of cash incentive to get manufacturers to build more efficient vehicles -- and to get people to buy more of them -- is an admirable thing. But let's not forget that if people just make smarter choices, this nation's energy usage will go down dramatically.

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Election 2008: The Race Election

Dan Treul | Posted 06.23.2008 | Home

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There is something culturally sick about defining such a critical election along racial lines alone. This election should not be a referendum on black and white. It should be a referendum on the Bush years.

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Christine Beatty, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's Former Top Aide, Video Of Her Allegedly Committing Perjury

AP | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide have pleaded not guilty to charges they lied under oath about having an affair. The mayor and ...

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick And Ex-Top Aide Christine Beatty Arraigned On Perjury Charges

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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DETROIT — Legal experts said Tuesday that the heart of the perjury case against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick _ steamy text messages that seem to contr...

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Charged With Perjury Over Affair With Aide

AP | COREY WILLIAMS | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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DETROIT — Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was charged with perjury and other offenses Monday _ and got a stern lecture about the importance of telling th...

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Christine Beatty, Chief Of Staff To Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Resigns Over Steamy Texts

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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The Detroit Free Press reports: Christine Beatty, chief of staff to Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, submitted her letter of resignation this morning...

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Mayor Caught Exchanging Steamy Texts With Chief Of Staff

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick exchanged romantic - and often salacious - text messages with a top aide, contradicting earlier denials made under oath...

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Timeline: Romney's MLK Confusion

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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It's becoming increasingly hard to follow the various explanations and accounts of Mitt Romney's father, George, "marching" (so it is claimed) alongsi...

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Detroit Editorials Don't Support Striking Auto Workers

Editor & Publisher | Joe Strupp | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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As expected, the strike by 73,000 General Motors employees sparked huge coverage at Detroit's two major daily papers, which covered Page One with the ...

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