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  • Who’s the criminal? Occupy Detroit protesters ask Arrests follow speaking out at public TV taping | 11/9/2011
  • Found in contempt, Matty strikes back The bridge baron stoops to new lows in wake of court ruling | 11/9/2011
  • Matty vs. the 99 percent How the very richest rig the game — against the rest of us | 10/26/2011
  • FBI's targeting practice How the agency uses census data and demographic info for profiling | 10/26/2011
  • Occupy Detroit: Reality check Unlike Nolan Finley, we went out to talk with them | 10/19/2011
  • Shark bait This time it's Bob Ficano's blood in the water | 10/19/2011
  • Lies before your eyes The bridge baron's ads twist the truth, to say the least | 9/28/2011
  • Comic pursuit New graphic project aims to stimulate environmentalism among youth | 9/14/2011
  • Peace out? Center for Peace and Conflict Studies hangs in the balance | 9/14/2011
  • Failure to communicate City Hall's ban on staff members speaking to media leaves us all underserved | 9/7/2011
  • Time to rally Medicinal pot ruling rocks dispensary community; mass meeting in Lansing planned | 8/31/2011
  • Kick the needy Plan would remove about 12,600 families from the state's welfare rolls | 8/24/2011
  • Highland Dark | 8/24/2011
  • One more blow Michigan poised to slash 13,000 families from welfare forever | 8/17/2011
  • Mortgage mess Victims of illegal foreclosures seeking compensation | 8/10/2011
  • Delray foray Bridge-related bus tours turn into free-for-all in southwest Detroit | 8/17/2011
  • Rubble-rousers Delray's residents wait two years for a street to be cleared of debris | 7/27/2011
  • State of emergency Push for referendum on emergency manager law could halt EM appointments | 8/10/2011
  • Falling downer Congressional 'compromise' endangers the country | 8/3/2011
  • Dictate this Groups and cities gear up to challenge emergency manager legislation | 6/29/2011
  • Here we go again Left and right unite - against Obama | 6/22/2011
  • Smear job CIA official reveals agency had contemplated campaign against Juan Cole | 6/22/2011
  • What the frack? Controversy over fracking in Michigan prompts calls for ban, moratorium | 6/15/2011
  • Bridge spin The bridge company is back in court, without Stamper this time | 6/15/2011
  • Fenced out - no more People power brings down the bridge baron's illegal barrier | 6/8/2011
  • Looking out for Pookie Odd antics with the Detroit Charter Review Commission | 6/1/2011
  • Charter chatter Last-minute tweaks to document leave observers guessing | 5/25/2011
  • Godzilla and the Great Lakes Why nuclear plans for our water wonderland must be opposed | 5/18/2011
  • Smoke and mirrors Why the accounting for the incinerator is lost in a haze | 5/11/2011
  • Plugola Film looks at the life of a newsman named Hank Greenspun. | 5/11/2011
  • Falling down Why downtown Detroit's Wurlitzer Building poses danger | 5/4/2011
  • Foreclosure fight Why local group thinks Detroit is at the battle's center | 4/27/2011
  • Unfair share The wealthy have taken almost all the gains for a generation | 4/13/2011
  • Lighting the way Tough times for minorities and workers when gains go straight to the wealthiest | 4/6/2011
  • Ready to rumble Coming together to fight attacks on working people | 3/30/2011
  • Steamy whether Does Detroit's incinerator deserve tax credits? | 3/23/2011
  • Matty Do-Right? Kudos to bridge baron for getting one right | 3/23/2011
  • Consent and dissent Day of Inquiry highlights hopes, limitations for community-police relations | 3/16/2011
  • Cleared plate Dispute between Andiamo Dearborn and employees finds resolution | 3/9/2011
  • Real emergency How the new emergency financial manager legislation could hamper democracy | 3/2/2011
  • Revolutions Activist Grace Lee Boggs releases a new book | 2/23/2011
  • Where there's smoke Audit says Detroit is owed millions by incinerator authority | 2/23/2011
  • Paying the price Right-wingers demanded expensive tax cuts, then cry that Obama's budget isn't 'balanced' | 2/16/2011
  • Blunders at the morgue Macomb County medical examiner on the hot seat | 2/9/2011
  • Glow on - maybe Plan to ship radioactive material on the Detroit River gains steam | 2/9/2011
  • Sweet action Fundraiser at Avalon to raise bread for at-risk girls | 2/9/2011
  • Public interest ... Bridge company lawyer raises specter of terror is bid to hold park | 2/2/2011
  • ... and civil rights Family that owned bait shop sues bridge baron for taking 23rd Street | 2/2/2011
  • Farewell Marking the death of Leonard Grossman | 1/26/2011
  • Smoke-a-doke Why cigarette smoking is good for children | 1/26/2011
  • Justice quest Michigan judges: Even if you may be innocent, back to jail | 1/19/2011
  • Pugh-eee Council-mayor dust-up serves nobody | 1/19/2011
  • Lowering the boom Dan Stamper spends some hours in the slammer | 1/12/2011
  • Waterways Conservative court could endanger Michiganders' right to sue over environment | 1/5/2011
  • A page from Bobb's book? Observers ask if Bing is cracking down on corruption | 1/5/2011
  • Crystal balling Rising to the astral plane to peer into 2011, with a bit of future shock | 12/29/2010
  • Racing backward? New study shows discontent with ongoing discrimination, even in "post-race" America | 12/22/2010
  • The tragedy of Kwame Why we all lost: Even more galling than Kilpatrick's corruption are the missed opportunities | 12/22/2010
  • Mitch flinch Might Albom have a wee bit of self-interest in opposing taxes on high earners? | 12/15/2010
  • Smoked out What communities enacting pot bans should consider | 12/8/2010
  • Ship happens? Plan to transport radioactive materials on Great Lakes creates ripples of protest | 12/1/2010
  • Burning questions Even as incinerator gets new owners, a search for answers continues | 12/1/2010
  • Discarded keys ACLU to challenge Michigan's tough mandatory life sentences for crimes committed as minors | 11/24/2010
  • Bridge brigade DRIC supporters pressure Bishop for the vote he promised | 11/24/2010
  • More smoke Incinerator authority meeting provokes more questions about the burner's viability | 11/17/2010
  • Erratum A little more about that fence around the Ambassador Bridge | 11/10/2010
  • As the smoke clears Another look at the defeat of California's decriminalization referendum | 11/10/2010
  • Kwame's legacy Detroit's charter revision process quietly proceeds | 11/10/2010
  • More stink Why an idle incinerator could cost the city a pretty penny | 10/27/2010
  • Third wheels Third-party gubernatorial candidates air views on public access television | 10/27/2010
  • Into the mud Michigan Truth Squad raises issues with campaign talk | 10/20/2010
  • Freeman's 1 in 100 After 24 years in jail, Michigan man gets a hearing | 10/20/2010
  • Bobbing along Proposal for Lansing to forgive DPS debt needs more talk | 10/20/2010
  • Ticket to Ride Planners prepare for Detroit's light rail to extend to Detroit's border | 10/13/2010
  • Snuffed With no fanfare, Detroit's incinerator quietly shuts down | 10/13/2010
  • Majority Rules Makeup of state supremes could strengthen views on environmental laws | 10/6/2010

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