Don’t let me be misunderstood: On Christine Beatty’s ‘Essence’ interview
“Siri,” I asked my phone when I pulled up to a red light. “Have you read Ms. Beatty’s story already? These song choices just seem too coincidental.”
Get it while you can: Scavenging the remains of Detroit
This isn’t the 1967 riots. There’s no smoke or soot billowing into the air, but Detroit is still being looted by desperate people.
In Detroit, it takes a block to save a neighborhood
It’s the kind of place where you brag about hosting a block party in which no one was assaulted.
Wide awake: Aching for sleep on Detroit’s streets
“I been stabbed,” he said, lifting his shirt to reveal a large patch of blood-spotted gauze across his stomach.
Confronting drug dealers, prostitutes when police won’t
It was getting dark as we met on a hardscrabble street in Detroit, just a few houses from a suspected drug den.
Give a little bit – our neglected furry friends need love
The motley crew of animals my family and I have adopted knew and know nothing but love, security, and joy.
‘Graffiti Nazi’ scrawls slurs, swastikas in southwest Detroit
One business owner said, “We’re talking about a real loser.”
In Detroit, heroism can be a fool's game
An uneasy feeling settled over a small crowd. They knew the fight wasn’t over.
World-famous Kronk Gym knocked out by neglect in Detroit
Hopes of reviving the building vanished with the death of legendary boxing trainer Emanuel Steward.
Photos: You won't believe the Detroit properties up for bid
Up for bid: Beautiful colonial homes, abandoned factories, gas stations, churches, a hospital, countless boarded-up bungalows and ornate apartment buildings.