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Remembering Dick Gregory: A true friend, hero & original to the end

By Motor City Muckraker on August 25, 2017   Art & Entertainment, Headline  

Remembering Dick Gregory: A true friend, hero & original to the end

Former Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson recalls her time with the late Dick Gregory – and that time he insisted on buying a lottery ticket.

State kicks out man from Belle Isle for passing out anti-Grand Prix fliers

By Michael Betzold on May 14, 2017   Headline, State of Michigan  

State kicks out man from Belle Isle for passing out anti-Grand Prix fliers

Freedom of speech or disturbing the peace?

Columnist: Not too late to fix the disgraceful mess at Tiger Stadium site

By Michael Betzold on October 16, 2016   Development, Headline, Urban Renewal  

Columnist: Not too late to fix the disgraceful mess at Tiger Stadium site

What’s happening at the Corner now is arguably illegal and inarguably a national embarrassment.

Eastern Market kicks out volunteer collecting signatures to remove Gov. Snyder

By Michael Betzold on May 8, 2016   Featured, Featured Stories, Government, Headline, State of Michigan  

Eastern Market kicks out volunteer collecting signatures to remove Gov. Snyder

Apparently free speech doesn’t apply to the Eastern Market.

PAL lobbyist: Some cops want to padlock Tiger Stadium field over rumors of a protest

By Michael Betzold on April 1, 2016   Headline, Sports, Tigers  

PAL lobbyist: Some cops want to padlock Tiger Stadium field over rumors of a protest

The controversial quest to carpet the former Tiger Stadium field with artificial turf may have reached a new low.

Columnist: Bernie Sanders’ stunning win in Michigan is ‘game-changer’ for progressives

By Michael Betzold on March 10, 2016   Government, Headline, Politics, posts  

Columnist: Bernie Sanders’ stunning win in Michigan is ‘game-changer’ for progressives

Some progressive friends insisted that voting for someone you actually believed in must be wrong – because for so many, many years it has been futile. Not anymore.

Columnist: Why Detroiters should vote for Bernie Sanders

By Michael Betzold on March 2, 2016   Government, Headline  

Columnist: Why Detroiters should vote for Bernie Sanders

Nowhere is Bernie Sanders’ agenda more urgent than Detroit.

How to prevent ‘bullheaded plan’ to carpet Tiger Stadium site with artificial turf

By Michael Betzold on February 22, 2016   Art & Entertainment, Culture, Headline, History, posts  

How to prevent ‘bullheaded plan’ to carpet Tiger Stadium site with artificial turf

There’s a way the Detroit Police Athletic League can have the program it wants at the site of the old Tiger Stadium without creating so much antagonism with its bullheaded plan to cover up the historic field with artificial turf.

Could Historic Brewster Homes community be poised for a comeback?

By Ken Coleman on September 9, 2015   Art & Entertainment, Headline, History  

Could Historic Brewster Homes community be poised for a comeback?

On this day 80 years ago, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt kicked off the building of the Brewster Homes, America’s first federally funded public housing project for blacks.

Farewell, Hawke Fracassa, mentor to underdogs

By James Briggs on May 3, 2015   Art & Entertainment, Headline, Opinion, posts  

Farewell, Hawke Fracassa, mentor to underdogs

The former Detroit News editor gained a loyal following of reporters and editors who would do anything for him — because he did everything for us.

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Michael Betzold

Michael Betzold is a former Free Press reporter and longtime area freelance journalist. He wrote Queen of Diamonds, a history of Tiger Stadium. He lives on Detroit's east side.

Ken Coleman

Ken Coleman, the author of On this Day: African-American Life in Detroit, is a native Detroiter and former news reporter. He served on the Detroit Charter Revision Commission. He lives in Detroit with his wife, Kim Trent, and their son, Jackson Coleman.

James Briggs

James Briggs, a Michigan native, is the deputy managing editor for the Baltimore Business Journal.

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