Emergency Rules: Emerging Lessons from the Arab World and Midwest
by Triana Kazaleh-Sirdenis The uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa raise a number of questions for Arabs in Southeast Michigan: Where do our people go from here? How […]
Revisiting Robocop 3
by Meg Marotte If you live in Detroit and haven’t seen any of the RoboCop movies yet, go see them. Why are these silly action flicks from the 80’s still […]
Marche du Nain Rouge: Keep on Truckin’?
by Paul Abowd More than 1,000 Detroiters described by the Detroit News as “hip urbanites” came out for the second Marche du Nain Rouge. The costumed crowd gathered outside 3rd […]
The Art
A lot of money is spent on public relations and branding for various campaigns to revive Detroit, whether or not they ever come to fruition. City government, the foundations, and […]
April/May Issue Cover!
Come on out to Cass Cafe tomorrow evening at 7:30 for our April/May issue release. Here’s a preview!
New Report on Robert Bobb and Detroit Schools
Read this revealing report on Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb. The 28-page document from Detroit activist Russ Bellant comes not a moment too soon, as the Michigan […]
Detroit’s Got Soul…Do Bing’s “Experts” Know?
by Sarah Coffey Mayor Bing’s Detroit Works Project claims to address Detroit’s “declining population and financial resources” through a process of redesigning the city. This enterprise, previously known as the […]
