Mombian: A Very Queer Halloween
BY DANA RUDOLPH Halloween is almost here, which for many of us means trips to the store to purchase overpriced costumes or hours spent sewing and hot-glueing [...]
Parting Glances: Memories of a Near-Forgotten Past. Pt. 1
Detroit's ancient, seven-story Cass Technical High School was replaced with a new $127 million structure five years ago; and an era of excellence in education [...]
Viewpoint: Why Visibility Matters
BY JON HOADLEY This month, people across Michigan celebrated National Coming Out Day and Spirit Day. When Robert Eichberg and Jean O'Leary started the first [...]
Creep of the Week: Donald Trump & Mike Pence
The Trump Presidency has truly redefined "breaking news" in the most literal way. Every day there is a new harm, a new insult, a new degradation heaped onto [...]
Parting Glances: Once Upon a Sleeping Beauty
"I'm burning my candle at both ends. It will not last the night. But, oh, my foes, and, ah, my friends. It gives a lovely light!" These words are by poet Edna [...]
No Deal with the Devil, Not this Time!
By Glenn Magpantay Congressional lawmaking is often likened to making sausage – stuffing casing with a mix of the real thing and mystery meat. Horse-trading [...]
Creep of the Week: Jeff Sessions
Ah, religious freedom. That call to arms for conservative Christians who believe that they live in some Bizzaro Land version of America where they are [...]
Parting Glances: LGBT-Q Lining Memory Lane
I was in the Sunday habit, a few years back, of taking a suburban bus to Birmingham. Riding with me were regulars, most of whom were off to church, or gave [...]
Transmissions: At War
BY GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH Prior to the 2016 Election, I recall writing about how the election of a President is not simply the election of one person, but a [...]
