‘We are Family?’ So proclaims Mercedes on 5-story-tall ad in downtown Detroit

The banner was posted on a dilapidated building with vacant storefronts, boarded-up windows and graffiti.

The banner was posted on a dilapidated building with vacant storefronts, boarded-up windows and graffiti.

A Cleveland company’s efforts to transform the Metro Times into a journalism powerhouse are confronting some tough realities.

Newly discovered documents show that Detroiters also scoffed at the tobacco company’s potential competitor to Kool, “Menthol Fat.”