Susan Newell’s been fighting the good fight. A self-described “child of the ‘60’s,” an era when personal values often clashed with society’s agenda, the Three Mile Block Club president values few things more than her community. So it comes as little surprise to those who’ve known her that, even as a senior, Newell stays at […]
Sharing a home with ten people came with challenges. But, for Tahirih Ziegler and her siblings, the issues were often more critical than sharing bathrooms or finding privacy. The eldest of eight, Ziegler remembers bouncing around rental properties in western Michigan as her parents faced affordability challenges. Though both parents were professionally employed, her dad’s […]
The killers don’t care. They don’t care about our tears. They don’t care about our pleas and exhortations. They don’t care about marches, protests, prayers, peace vigils or editorials. They don’t care about you. But we, as a community, as mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends and colleagues, we MUST CARE! To do less, to become […]
Detroit might be the ultimate Rorschach test. Everyone sees something a little different, depending on his or her angle. When Aaron Foley looks at Detroit, he sees a city that “black history defined.” A thirtysomething writer living in Detroit, Foley is a Michigan State University graduate who has contributed to such publications as Jalopnik Detroit, […]
An easier, cheaper way to pay your bills with cash? That’s what’s on the horizon at a neighborhood store near you. Cash will be king thanks to a partnership between DTE Energy and Ferndale-based DivDat, which created a kiosk technology that allows cash payments to DTE with no convenience fee. That is great news for […]
The woman on the phone was apologizing to me. “We’ve always been part of Neighborhoods Day but folks are scared because all of the publicity over these block party shootings,” she told me. “They voted not to have a block party this year. I feel really bad about it but I can’t change their minds.” […]