Wild how so many people think the solution to the problem that billionaires are killing art is hoping for more benevolent millionaires.

From Centennial Park to the Uniroyal Promenade, what's your favorite thing to do on the Detroit Riverfront? Let us know in the comments 👇

Plus, find more stories about what makes our city #TrulyDetroit at OneDetroitPBS.org/TrulyDetroit

A short but important piece of the Detroit RiverWalk is taking shape in time for summer. crainsdetroit.com/nonprofits-phi…

“…[a] meeting where a white newsroom leader said…Trump’s strong poll numbers wouldn’t survive his being exposed as a racist. When a journalist of color asked whether his numbers could be rising because of his racism, the comment was met with silence.” slate.com/business/2024/…

Using public records laws, I've collected prison commissary lists from almost every state in the country. These lists reveal an exploitative, unregulated system that preys on incarcerated consumers. New from me + Ethan Corey for The Appeal. theappeal.org/locked-in-pric…

My latest cover story for Detroit Metro Times: How legalized cannabis sales have fed cash-starved city budgets, helped eliminate blight, provided jobs, and generated millions of dollars for numerous causes. In the Detroit, the focus is on racial equality.

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History of the Present: A Journal of Critical History is seeking submissions for an upcoming special issue to be titled 'The Future of History in the Ruins of the University.' Submit a proposal by 5/1/24.

Read the full CFP here: ow.ly/HnK750QyxAH
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You may not think you are at war with Russia, but Russia is behaving as if it were at war with you

If you have the energy to criticize an undergraduate valedictorian for her political views but not a sitting U.S. senator for calling for vigilante violence against protestors, it’s time for you to sit down and let the adults talk.

From Jacksonville to Miami, nearly 300 Black churches in Florida are offering Black history lessons for their communities, teaching everything from the Civil Rights Movement to Juneteenth to mass incarceration. nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/fl…

She's been saying this for a long time. You're delusional if you think banning birth control is off the table.

#Oakland , #California : 12y/o Sanyah Evans was last seen yesterday (April 15) around 9:14pm in Oakland.

Have you seen Sanyah? #SanyahEvans

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APPLY SOON: The Library is seeking applicants for its next Archives, History and Heritage Advanced Internship Program. The deadline to apply for this paid opportunity is Monday, April 22!
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The outcome of this NPR quasi-scandal is sickeningly certain: both-sides coverage that is even more tepid, wishy-washy, & inadequate than before.

That's how the right-wing working-the-refs process works -- it's a one-way ratchet.

Hart Plaza 'Grand Stair' project will widen RiverWalk (YES!) and improve access. Construction to begin next month.
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americans have a vacuous, infantile conception of freedom as commercial convenience, hence interrupting their commute or asking them to wear a mask in walmart is self-evidently tyranny to them

'NPR culture encouraged a fixation on finding the exact middle point of elite political & social thought, planting a flag there, and calling it objectivity.' Please read this great analysis of the slow build to the current fallout at NPR Alicia Montgomery slate.com/business/2024/…