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PODCAST: Melody Baetens Talks Paczki Bombs, Music And Covering Detroit

Our guest on the Happy Hour this week could be considered Detroit cultural royalty, if there is such a thing. Around the Daily Detroit office, we often joke that the shirts that say "Detroit Hustles Harder," to be more accurate, should have said "Detroit Hustles/ Side Hustles / Other Hustles / Weekend Hustles Harder." Because it seems like the people who are doing things …

The Detroit News Breaks Their 143 Year Streak Of Endorsing A Republican For President

But they didn't endorse the Democrat Hillary Clinton, either. The Detroit News, long known as the conservative-leaning newspaper as far as politics in this town, decided to throw their support behind Gary Johnson, the Libertarian nominee for president. It's the first time the paper has endorsed someone other than a Republican in 143 years for president. A piece by the …

Your Detroit Reading List For March 22, 2015

Here are 5 stories you don't want to miss about Detroit. How Detroit Became a Maker Hotspot (Yahoo) Yahoo highlights a few of those that are part of the maker movement here in Detroit. Here's a quote from the owners of Douglas & Co. (who we profiled earlier here). "Many people abandoned this city and ripped the ground out from under it. Those who remained are …

Your Sunday Detroit Reading List For March 8, 2015

First off, thanks! The response to our editorial survey that has been running the last few days has been excellent and very useful. We intentionally kept it anonymous we could get honest and constructive feedback, and you delivered with so many responses it’s taking a little time for us to go through it all. We’re going to implement many of the suggestions that we can very …

Your Detroit Sunday Reading List: News And Views For March 1, 2015

Detroit’s always an interesting town. It’s a tale of what some say is two cities; if you're going to go down that line of thinking, we’d argue it’s a tale of many cities depending on your perspective. But we have to remember that we’re not actually two cities. We have one government, we are our neighbor’s keeper and we need to bridge as many divides as possible to push Detroit …