Duggan refuses to discuss poverty during town hall forum with Coleman Young II
Duggan, who has yet to develop a plan to combat poverty, won’t square off with Coleman Young II, and the mayor has found a way to blame his opponent.
Sen. Young agrees to debate Mayor Duggan at town hall discussion on poverty
Mayor Duggan has not yet responded to a request to participate in the town hall meeting focused exclusively on poverty.
Red Wings threaten to sue white nationalists for using team logo in Charlottesville
Some white nationalists, chanting “blood and soil,” carried shields emblazoned with the Red Wings logo during a large rally in Virginia.
Students, parents left scrambling after Marygrove College ends undergraduate program
Marygrove College in Detroit predominately attracted students from underserved populations.
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.