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.
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9 quotes from Nation of Islam’s Farrakhan speech that won’t offend white people
Despite his divisive position, Minister Louis Farrakhan messages often are as powerful, eloquent and compassionate as anyone’s today.
Nation of Islam Leader to speak at Detroit City Council meeting Friday; public invited
Farrakhan is in town looking for potential buildings and properties to purchase as a way to help reignite the local economy.
After Mayor Bing cuts police patrols amid spiking violence, he seeks to raise own security detail to 30 officers
On any given night, officers arrive to work with a backlog of cases that would be a priority in most cities. But police are overwhelmed with murders, rapes, aggravated assaults and armed robberies.
Video: Disorderly Detroiter, dressed in all black, is removed from council meeting after threats
“I resent you, I hate you for what you did,” Mays yelled into the microphone at a council meeting.
Restructuring experts: Detroit City Council has a bloated budget, should be cut by two-thirds
Detroit’s city council is one of the most expensive and ridiculed in the country.
Detroiters pledge uprising during state takeover: ‘Make sure you are prepared and you will survive’
EM opponents warned residents to stock up on bottles of water and canned goods because of an impending revolt.
Man who sued Detroit for $100,000 over spoiled sex life is a top candidate for key city council appointment
Oreese Collins filed suit against Detroit nearly two years ago for what he says were sexual problems spurred by his wife’s hostile job as an aide to Mayor Dave Bing.