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Burned, but not Burned Out Detroit’s Heidelberg Project | 5/22/2013
Ann Arbor Didn’t Go to Pot A place that marijuana activists look to with a gleam in their eyes | 5/15/2013
Gentrification and Age-Old Struggles Can politicians and developers see beyond the quick profits to really fix what is wrong with Detroit? | 5/8/1970
Why Bill Schuette Hates Patient Rights Nobody fighting to end marijuana prohibition is saying anything about giving it to children. | 5/1/2013
Grow-town Let's Eat | 4/24/2013
The Marijuana Two-Step The 42nd Annual Hash Bash in Ann Arbor | 4/17/2013
Using marijuana to break a narcotic dependency How Bill Kicked the Pills | 4/10/2013
Going for the Gusto The real prosperity is in the richness of community and trust in your neighbors. | 4/3/2013
Cannabinoids and Cancer The stone-cold truth | 3/27/2013
False prophets The house of Kilpatrick has finally crumbled | 3/20/2013
Pot and the “Big C” Cannabis and cancer? | 3/12/2013
Targeting violent crime Detroit Ceasefire offers new tactics against gangs and violence | 3/6/2013
What about the patients? Stubborn legal questions vex patients’ search for medicine | 2/27/2013
Public park-ing Detroit considering closing down 50 parks | 2/20/2013
State of Michigan vs. McQueen State’s high court lowers the boom | 2/13/2013
Food for thought Hangin' with Harangua and finding good local food | 2/6/2013
Don’t be dazed New pot doc shows patients trying to obey the law | 1/30/2013
Crystal balling Larry offers and early look at November | 1/23/2013
Seeds of change Legalization efforts grow from the bottom up | 1/16/2013
Unchained riff Larry on Django and what it means | 1/9/2013
Six things in 2013 A half-dozen medical marijuana moves worth watching for | 1/2/2013
Cue Mulenga Harangua helps with a recap of a city year | 12/26/2012
Marijuana and fish fries A question of priorities for federal and state officials | 12/19/2012
Justice distorted Remembering the Central Park Five case, a twisted rush to judgment | 12/12/2012
Sticky thicket The Hantz Farm proposal has already raised a bumper crop of controversy | 12/5/2012
Jim Crow's drug war Why the War on Drugs is a war against black people | 11/28/2012
Coalition of the winning Victories are made by broad, united fronts | 11/21/2012
Pot is a winner Last week’s votes give massive momentum to the anti-prohibition movement | 11/14/2012
A survivor's song Shahida Nurullah a symbol of beating adversity with grace intact | 11/7/2012
Pot at the polls Marijuana law reformers aim for long-term change on Election Day | 10/31/2012
Playing the 47s Romney — weirdness you can count on | 10/24/2012
The non-campaign for Proposal M Push to decriminalize small amounts of weed in Detroit finds little opposition | 10/17/2012
Déjà vu in Detroit Mulenga Harangua stops in to talk in circles all over again | 10/10/2012
Activists vs. bureaucrats Lawsuits part of effort to get state officials to comply with medical marijuana law | 10/3/2012
New tactic for crime? Detroit cops to target gang members with 'cease fire' strategy | 9/26/2012
A pioneer speaks out Legalization advocate Irvin Rosenfeld's visit to Michigan | 9/19/2012
Black activist's food for thought James Beard award underscores Malik Yakini's importance to movement | 9/12/2012
Drug-war booty State Rep. Jeff Irwin wants to curb forfeiture abuses | 9/5/2012
Keeper of the flame Charlie Gabriel of Detroit and New Orleans | 8/29/2012
'Money talks' The city can't respond to requests from everyday Detroiters, but jumps when the rich call | 8/29/2012
High but not dry Engaging new book about marijuana avoids the dullness trap | 8/22/2012
Getting grounded Hanging and chatting with Mulenga Harangua | 8/15/2012
Putting DEA on the defensive Court case puts marijuana prohibition on the stand | 8/8/2012
Raising up this city Neighborhoods Day brings out people who want to rebuild Detroit | 8/1/2012
A real corporate choice for VP If corporations are Mitt Romney's peeps, why not pick one as his running mate? | 7/18/2012
The dispensary tour These Michigan dispensaries are nondescript, businesslike and law-abiding | 7/25/2012
Hep on hemp Why industrial-grade hemp should be a vital part of our economy | 7/11/2012
Go to health We hear a lot about health care, but what about health? | 7/3/2012
On a roll Working against the War on Drugs — all across America | 6/27/2012
Full plate of Detroit Finding the spirit of the city — in vanity tags | 6/20/2012
Big decisions Court rulings encourage medical marijuana users, balk prosecutors | 6/13/2012
Green underground Second-guessing that apple orchard with Mulenga Haragua | 6/6/2012
How would city vote? Would Detroiters vote to, practically speaking, legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana by adults on private property? That choice may be on the November ballot if the Committee for a Safer Detroit (CSD) gets a favorable ruling from the Michig | 5/30/2012
Local food for thought We’re No. 1 — in community gardening! | 5/23/2012
Marijuana mea culpa Last week, we got some stuff wrong — but here’s the straight dope | 5/16/2012
Optimism in the hood? In one part of Detroit, new neighbors, consciousness-raising, signal welcome change afoot | 5/9/2012
Court ruling hasn’t cleared the air Controversy over interpretation of ruling on medical marijuana and driving | 5/2/2012
Numbers games Why media shouldn't accept Detroit statistics at face value. | 4/25/2012
Latin insurgency The War on Drugs loses serious traction south of the border | 4/18/2012
Is the deal with the state a good one? Lessenberry and Gabriel on the recent consent agreement for the city of Detroit | 4/10/2012
Detroit’s turning point? Despite the consent agreement fight, something good could come of this | 4/11/2012
Hashing it out With Michigan in the marijuana spotlight, this year’s Hash Bash brings out the stars | 4/4/2012
Boys in the hoodies The merits of the case aside, what do we tell our black children? | 3/28/2012
Drug War's dangerous side effects Did cop’s use of informant lead to her death? | 3/21/2012
How corrupt is Detroit? City has image as one of the most crooked. Numbers tell different story. | 3/14/2012
How the drug war rolls back civil rights Why the War on Drugs is increasingly seen as Jim Crow under another name | 3/7/2012
Mulenga's blues riff "Maybe they don’t like democracry if they have to share it" | 2/29/2012
Detroit ballot fight: Pot as political football After court of appeals loss, city tries again to keep the question from voters | 2/22/2012
Fela's last laugh The father of Afro-beat’s long march to Broadway and Music Hall | 2/14/2012
Getting carded Fuming over how many months it takes for the state to issue medical marijuana cards | 2/8/2012
A Detroit community plans for survival The Lower Eastside Action Plan is more than a LEAP of faith | 2/1/2012
Relative issues How to gently debate pot with your bigmouth brother-in-law | 1/25/2012
Grand Old Panderers Why Republican rhetoric is like a racist dog whistle | 1/8/2012
Taking on pols at the polls A state vote on legalization may not win, but could at least start an important dialogue | 1/11/2012
Body vs. soul food Eating low on the hog may not be good for you, and fresh food folks can help | 1/4/2012
War on the War on Drugs After $1 triilion dollars wasted on failed policies, this whole medicinal weed thing really makes sense | 12/28/2011
Li'l help from my friend Mulenga Harangua talks politics while raiding the fridge | 12/21/2011
Gingrich flip-flops on pot State governors unite and the closing of Big Daddy's punishes patients | 12/14/2011
Unease at Wayne State University Are changing admissions policies freezing out minority students? | 12/7/2011
Ron Paul says stop the war; Michigan debates strategy From republicans to the public at large, support for the War on Drugs is fading | 11/30/2011
Are Bing and council playing politics over our budget crisis Without a unified vision of where Detroit must go, we'll just get the unkindest cuts of all | 11/23/2011
Schuette fires another salvo against MMJ And Kalamazoo voters, in chater amendment question, holding firm | 11/16/2011
Treme and the sounds of revival Lifeblood of New Orleans rejuvenates with its music | 11/9/2011
Top cop changes his mind "Ike" McKinnon says it’s time to take a public stance | 11/2/2011
Heavy lifting Hard work in Detroit revising a charter, rethinking jobs | 10/26/2011
Cannabis cup wrap-up Detroit cops ensure no tokers, but an otherwise great day | 10/19/2011
A flash of Mulenga | 10/12/2011
Lessons of Prohibition Drawing comparisons to the War on Drugs | 10/5/2011
Undercover brothers "It’s very humbling to have someone donate a kidney to you." | 9/28/2011
The sky isn't falling Putting recent raids and the appeals court set-back in perspective | 9/21/2011
Onstage with Obama How I wound up sharing the spotlight with the president | 9/14/2011
Darth Schuette Attorney General Bill Schuette leads his stormtroopers against medical marijuana | 9/7/2011
A commons idea Cass Corridor experiment would save a church and mitigate gentrification's excesses | 8/31/2011
Schuette gets cheesy AG would define law so narrowly you'd need a foot in the grave to qualify | 8/24/2011
Free Obama now Mulenga Harangua knows the prez is tied up in the basement at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. | 8/17/2011
Joining the fight Not your grandfather's NAACP | 8/10/2011
Arms around the city Neighborhoods Day showcases a vibrant, positive, united Detroit | 8/3/2011
Moms against the drug war Opposing how prohibition divides families and hurts kids | 7/27/2011
Building blocks Does Detroit have to accept any development without tweaks? | 7/20/2011
Higher Ed's perspective The dean of pot growing comes to town | 7/13/2011

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