Mayor Duggan dismisses divide between neighborhoods and downtown as ‘fiction’
The deepening divide between downtown and the neighborhoods is anything but fiction. Let’s look at the facts.
Part 1: Duggan’s formidable political machine relies on deep-pocket outsiders
Duggan’s fundraising prowess raises serious questions about his influence with outsiders and those who have contributed heavily to Republican candidates, including Donald Trump, Gov. Rick Snyder and the Michigan Republican Party.
After battling two consecutive blazes, Detroit firefighter dies of heart attack
Beloved firefighter Kevin Ramsey died after fighting a fire in a vacant apartment and then a store on Detroit’s east side.
Detroit allows billionaire Gilbert to skirt affordable housing mandate for new tower
Yet another billionaire has been given preferential treatment over lower-income residents in Detroit.
Regional authority spying on peaceful opponents of water shutoffs in Detroit
The Great Lakes Water Authority is spying on water shutoff protesters and passing along counterintelligence to Wayne State University, Motor City Muckraker has confirmed.
Mayoral candidate Ingrid LaFleur offers radically new ideas for Detroit
LaFleur, a Detroit-born and raised artist, is not a career politician, and almost everything about her approach is bracingly unique.
Dan Gilbert on ad flop: ‘We immediately killed this dumb campaign slogan’
Billionaire Dan Gilbert admitted his company’s controversial ad “was tone deaf, in poor taste and does not reflect a single value or philosophy that we stand for.”
Video: Police remove Detroiter for speaking against mayor during ’67 rebellion anniversary
Police removed Meeko Williams from a public park on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 rebellion.
Virtually all-white ad, ‘See Detroit Like We Do,’ raises eyebrows
Many black and Latino residents are asking billionaire Dan Gilbert and his company today, “Is this really how you see Detroit?”
Suspicious blaze rips through Eastern Market warehouse
Workers on forklifts were still in the building when the fire broke out.