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Matthew Bode: Of Rolexes and False Prophets

2012-05-24T13:35:52Z

A glaringly noticeable absence in Reverend Marvin Winans' public comments is recognition of the suffering of others, beyond his own person -- of the hundreds who have been victims of crime in Detroit this year alone

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Gary A. Brown: Detroit Police Restructuring Necessary to Curb Crime

2012-05-22T18:28:44Z

Detroit continues to face a fiscal crisis. However, the issue to address crime in the neighborhoods is not about resources; it's about managing the resources. The crime affecting our neighborhoods is fixable.

Read more: Government, Detroit Financial Crisis, Municipality, Police, Crime, Detroit Fiscal Crisis, Gary Brown, Detroit, City Council, Fiscal Crisis, Detroit City Council, Public Safety, Detroit News

Andy Ostroy: Romney's Bain in the Ass

2012-05-22T12:49:26Z

Mitt Romney's running for president on one central campaign theme: that he's the savvy business guy whose tenure at private equity firm Bain Capital in the 1980's and 90's has made him a job-creator while President Obama is a job-cutter.

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David Schwimmer Heads To New York By Way Of 'Detroit'

2012-05-21T15:49:58Z

NEW YORK — David Schwimmer is coming back to the New York stage – by way of "Detroit."

The former "Friends" star will make his Playwright...

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The Five Best And Worst Cities For Financial Well-Being (PHOTOS)

2012-05-17T12:56:08Z

Some towns are getting along in this economy better than others.

A report issued this week from the credit counseling agency CredAbility offers som...

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#OnlyInDetroit Tweets Of The Week

2012-05-14T14:29:56Z

There's no arguing that the Motor City is unique, that things that happen here aren't likely to happen anywhere else.

And whether you're charging ...

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GM Chief Says Romney Had 'Short-Sighted' View On Auto Bailout

2012-05-14T14:28:30Z

Speaking Monday on "CBS This Morning," General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's stance against the ...

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Matthew Bode: Gay Christian Money

2012-05-11T14:17:55Z

Many in the LGBT community live in the closets of their own churches, supporting the very institution that would prefer that they did not even exist.

Read more: Detroit, Religion, LGBT Issues, LGBT Community, Gay Voices News

Terry Blackhawk: Speak Poetry, Speak Peace

2012-05-07T10:36:16Z

This city, long thought too tough, is suddenly looking for solace and solutions in the art of arranging language through image, metaphor and music to capture the heart's inner song.

Read more: Gregory Orr, Healing Arts, Naomi Long Madgett, InsideOut Literary Arts Project, Youth Poetry, Trayvon Martin, Poetry as Survival, Detroit Children's Hospital, Aricka Foreman, Peter Markus, Lotus Press, Poetry, Suzanne Scarfone, Detroit, Hansen Clarke, Detroit News

10 Cities Offering The Best Deals On Foreclosed Homes

2012-05-03T14:30:47Z

One man’s foreclosure pain is another’s gain.

Across the country, the foreclosure crisis has been bad news for the housing market, homeowners a...

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Dean P. Simmer: One Hundred Percent

2012-05-02T18:39:50Z

The Class of 2012 at Detroit Cristo Rey High School took a risk by signing up for a Catholic, college-preparatory school that had not even opened, they worked harder than they had before, and 100 percent have been accepted into college.

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How To Save Suburbia

2012-05-02T06:20:52Z

By Vanessa Quirk

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Poverty and violence, boarded windows and weedy lawns...

Read more: Less Driving, Suburbia, Urban Planning, Architecture, Detroit, Cars, Suburban Architecture, New Urbanism, Saving Suburbia, City Planning, Culture News

Yul Kwon: The Rebirth of American Manufacturing

2012-05-01T16:46:37Z

Like a lot of people, I had come to accept the conventional wisdom that America doesn't make anything anymore. What I discovered is that the prevailing narrative of decline and decay is overly simplistic and, in some ways, flat-out wrong.

Read more: Technology Clusters, Intel, Steel, Pbs, Innovation, Pittsburgh, America Revealed, Manufacturing Jobs, Made in America, American Manufacturing, Nucor Corporation, Engineers, Silicon Valley, Detroit, Business News

Sen. Bert Johnson: The Significance of "1"

2012-04-30T17:58:23Z

Today I submitted the necessary petition signatures to qualify for the ballot for U.S. Congress in Michigan's new 13th Congressional District. I am th...

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Toby Barlow: Parking in Detroit Is Fascinating

2012-04-30T14:31:32Z

Less than a year ago, Detroit extended the hours of downtown parking enforcement till 10 pm. Making parking onerous and expensive is a great way to send people looking for a free, open space off where they know they can find one.

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Cutting Off Water For Traffic Violators And Other Bizzare Ways Towns Are Coping With Budget Woes

2012-04-27T16:19:21Z

In one New Mexico town you won’t just be in hot water for not paying your traffic fines, you won’t have any water at all.

Traffic violators in...

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Rabbi Jason Miller: Delmon Young's Arrest and the Problem With Athletes as Role Models

2012-04-27T15:12:24Z

The bottom line is that no one is asking professional athletes to raise our children. They are great athletes and not always shining examples of virtuous human beings. However, they need to know that children are watching.

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Rabbi Jason Miller: Now Mom Knows What You're "Up To"

2012-04-27T13:40:45Z

Facebook broadcasts things that you've already done. Nothing shares what you're going to be doing or where you're going to go. UpTo focuses on the future.

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Prosecutors: Accused Slave Trader Should Pay Victims $1.6 Million

2012-04-27T12:10:00Z

Federal prosecutors Thursday urged a U.S. District Court to order accused human trafficker Veniamin Gonikman to pay $1.6 million to 12 victims, and ig...

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E. Nina Rothe: Five Lessons in Passion from The Giant Mechanical Man and Lee Kirk

2012-04-25T14:20:26Z

"In the process of making this film, Jenna [Fischer] and I fell in love and got married."

Read more: Chris Messina, Lee Kirk, Malin Akerman, Rich Sommer, Topher Grace, Jenna Fischer, Tribeca Film, Tribeca Film Festival 2012, The Giant Mechanical Man, Detroit, Entertainment News

Michael Shank: New Study Shows Violence Costing America Over $460 Billion

2012-04-24T18:15:44Z

The U.S. Peace Index is based on analysis of homicide, violent crime, policing, incarceration rates and availability of small arms data. With improvements in all five of these indicators from the 2011 to the 2012 USPI, the U.S. was found to be more peaceful than at any time since 1991.

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Jennifer Mrozowski: Inside DPS: Extraordinary Artistic Talent Blooms in Ordinary Corner Classrooms

2012-04-24T15:05:31Z

Hundreds of creative and amazing pieces of art by Detroit Public Schools students will be shown in the 75th annual Detroit Public Schools Student Exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts beginning Saturday.

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Patrick Geans-Ali: Environmental Justice Work Still a Work in Progress in Detroit's 48217

2012-04-23T15:20:39Z

As well-documented as the environmental hazards of 48217 may be, there is no shortage of stories deserving to be told.

Read more: Tar Sands, Oil Sands, Sierra Club Environmental Justice, Environmental Justice, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, 13 in the Hole, Marathon Petroleum, 48217, Detroit, Detroit News

Kelly Frazier: Detroit Hip Hop Collective Clear Soul Forces Subject of Red Bull Documentary

2012-04-23T14:26:05Z

The Sound & Vision documentary with Clear Soul Forces takes an ambitious look into the passions that these four guys have and how hip-hop has helped them get past environmental, societal, and personal obstacles.

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Ron Scott: Detroit's Declaration of Peace, Hope and Love

2012-04-18T12:28:56Z

We have to band together to not only protect each other, but to provide for each other, share with each other, feed each other, care for each other and more importantly love each other in these tough times, Detroit.

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