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Gig alert

Stevie Wonder announces 10-stop tour with two Michigan shows

A call for unity in critical times

By Layla McMurtrie
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Gig alert, On Tour, 2024 Election, Stevie Wonder, Detroit concerts, Stevie Wonder Detroit, Stevie Wonder Grand Rapids, Motown, Michigan
Politics & Elections

Uncommitted National Movement refuses to endorse Harris

The Michigan-born group also opposes Trump and warns against third-party votes

By Layla McMurtrie
Sep 19, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, 2024 Election, News, Uncommitted Movement, Kamala Harris, Gaza ceasefire, U.S. arms to Israel, Anti-war activism, AIPAC, Donald Trump, Democratic Party, Not Another Bomb campaign, Michigan uncommitted, Dearborn, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Tlaib slams Netanyahu’s congressional address

The lone Palestinian American in Congress said the Israeli prime minister should be arrested for war crimes

By Lee DeVito
Jul 23, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, 2024 Election, Rashida Tlaib, Kamala Harris, Gaza, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: By stepping down, Biden does the right thing

Now, Trump can learn to pronounce “Kamala”

By Joe Lapointe
Jul 22, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, 2024 Election, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: On Fox News, Jesus saved Trump

The toxic rhetoric is not from “both sides”

By Joe Lapointe
Jul 15, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, 2024 Election, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes

Although lead was banned from new water service lines in 1986, it’s estimated that more than 9 million such lines still carry drinking water to homes and businesses throughout the country

By Sandy West, KFF Health News
Jul 10, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Flint Water Crisis, 2024 Election, lead pipes in Michigan, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: In some ways, this campaign feels like ’68

But in other ways, we’ve come a long way, baby

By Joe Lapointe
Jul 8, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, 2024 Election, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Stormy Daniels
Politics & Elections

Help us, Gretchen Whitmer. You’re our only hope.

After Biden’s disastrous debate performance, the clock is ticking for the Democrats to find a new candidate. Michigan’s governor could be just the woman for the job.

By Lee DeVito
Jun 28, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, 2024 Election, Gretchen Whitmer, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Democratic Party
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Impeach Supreme Justices Thomas and Alito?

Detroit’s Rashida Tlaib might have the right idea

By Joe Lapointe
Jun 17, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, 2024 Election, U.S. Supreme Court, Rashida Tlaib, Joe Biden, Donald Trump
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Debate rules could tongue-tie Trump

But Biden must avoid a mud fight

By Joe Lapointe
May 20, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, 2024 election
Metro Detroit

Lapointe: Has the RenCen’s future come and gone?

Plus: Trump trashes Detroit; Tigers TV blackout

By Joe Lapointe
May 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Lapointe, Views & Opinions, Renaissance Center, General Motors, 2024 election, Donald Trump, Detroit Tigers, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Trump’s trail of ‘blood’ goes back (at least) to Michigan

Trump runs a blood-curdling campaign of doom and gloom, fear and smear

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 25, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, 2024 election, Macomb County, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Listen to Michigan campaign rebukes Biden with strong ‘uncommitted’ Democratic primary results

The grassroots movement aims to pressure the President to push harder for a ceasefire in Gaza

By Lee DeVito
Feb 27, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Listen to Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer, Dearborn, 2024 election
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Watch out, Detroit. Sore loser Donald Trump is watching you.

The big demagogue makes a muscular new friend in Waterford Township

By Joe Lapointe
Feb 19, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Lapointe, News, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, Waterford, 2024 election, Joe Biden, Michigan Republican Party, Slideshow
Politics & Elections

Marianne Williamson drops out of 2024 presidential race

As she did in her 2020 campaign, Williamson enchanted with her message of love and peace

By Lee DeVito
Feb 7, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Marianne Williamson, Joe Biden, Democratic Party, 2024 election, Video
Politics & Elections

Presidential candidate Cornel West to visit Detroit’s Neighborhood Grocery

It’s part of the shop’s Black History Month programming, which includes the return of its shoebox lunches and grocery distribution

By Randiah Camille Green
Jan 29, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Local Businesses, Food & Drink Features, Cornel West, Neighborhood Grocery, 2024 election
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Reading lyrics to ‘The Snake,’ Donald Trump speaks with a forked tongue

And his scary signature also says more than he knows

By Joe Lapointe
Jan 29, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Views & Opinions, Lapointe, Donald Trump, immigrants, 2024 election, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Gretchen Whitmer for president? How about Rashida Tlaib? Andy Levin?

Amid wavering support for Joe Biden, pundits keep looking to Michigan for other options

By Lee DeVito
Jan 5, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Views & Opinions, Joe Biden, Michigan, 2024 election, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, Marianne Williamson
Politics & Elections

Michigan Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in lawsuit seeking to bar Trump from primary ballot

Michigan law differs from that in Colorado, whose state Supreme Court ruled that Trump was ineligible to appear on that state’s primary ballot

By Jon King, Michigan Advance
Dec 27, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, 2024 election, Michigan politics, Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Politics & Elections

Cornel West calls for end to Palestinian occupation at Dearborn visit

The independent presidential candidate made a campaign stop in Michigan this week preaching a ‘spiritual and moral awakening’

By Randiah Camille Green
Dec 20, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Cornel West, Dearborn, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, 2024 election, Slideshow

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