Video: Beyonce released touching tribute to Detroit
The beautifully arranged video shows images of Detroit and its heroes while Beyonce belted out Sam Cooke’s classic, “A Change is Gonna Come.”
Videos of candidates for Detroit mayor, council, clerk online
The videos offer a surprisingly candid look at the candidates.
Cheap, vacant houses in Detroit attract foreign investors (Photos)
Many of the abandoned homes are gutted, burned and in dangerous, underserved neighborhoods.
Justin Bieber tour bus busted with drugs at Ambassador Bridge
Bieber tweeted this morning, “I’m a lucky guy.”
Chinese investors start gobbling up cheap Detroit houses
Lured by homes selling for as low as $100, investors are beginning to buy up dozens of properties at one time.
Barrow pledges battle to challenge write-in votes for Duggan
“Hold your breath for a long night, week or even month as we fight it out to the death,” a Barrow campaign aide told me.
Miguel Cabrera appeared to use another gay slur in ejection
On June 29, Cabrera also appeared to call Rays closer Fernando Rodney a “maricón,” the Spanish equivalent of “faggot.”
Mockery of Democracy: Local media choose nonsense over news
The line between news and entertainment has become so blurred that local journalism has become a farce.
Duggan raises $1.1M in write-in campaign; Napoleon gets $605,000
Duggan and Napoleon depended on the suburbs for most of their money, and each has a little more than $90,000 left in campaign cash.
Mayoral candidate pledges free Subway sandwiches, chips, pop
At least the candidate’s platform is more realistic than those of past mayors?