Exploring what’s left of legendary drag show-turned-rock bar, Gold Dollar, in Detroit
The Gold Dollar was a legendary Cass Corridor bar that hosted drag shows for three decades and later featured the White Stripes’ first live show.
Feds investigating Detroit Land Bank over questionable demo contracts
Federal investigators are probing questionable contracts doled out by Mayor Mike Duggan’s demolition program over the past two years.
Michael Bloomberg blasts ‘safe spaces’ during University of Michigan commencement speech
Billionaire and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg drew boos and cheers after criticizing political correctness and “safe spaces” during today’s commencement speech.
Private PR firm delays Muckraker request for public Red Wings arena records
A private PR team handles public records involving the sale of prime, taxpayer-owned property in Detroit.
Michigan teacher: I was fired for saying ‘vagina’ during middle school art lesson
A middle school teacher was fired for saying “vagina” several times during an art history lesson without getting “previous approval.”
State police monitoring social media for threatening comments about Gov. Snyder
Careful what you say about Gov. Rick Snyder or the Flint water crisis.
Unionized Free Press journalists sell out designers, copy-editors with new contract
Free Press newsroom employees approved a contract that will terminate the jobs of follow union members.
Ex-Flint emergency manager bills city taxpayers for growing legal tab over water crisis
Flint taxpayers are on the hook for the growing legal fees of the former emergency manager who failed to protect residents from the drinking water crisis.
Gov. Snyder already reneges on promise to drink Flint water for a month
Gov. Rick Snyder already reneged on his pledge to drink Flint tap water for a month to boost confidence that the water was safe to drink again.
Suspicious fire tore through former Detroit library designed by Louis Kamper
The Italian Renaissance building first housed a library in 1911 along a once-vibrant stretch of Gratiot.