Max Hardy, who helped bring a new level of chef-driven yet accessible cuisine to his native Detroit, and who was widely considered among the most promising of a young generation of Black culinary stars, died on Monday. He was 40. His publicist, David E. Rudolph, announced the death but did not provide a cause or […]
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For Michigan’s Economy, Electric Vehicles Are Promising and Scary
Last fall, Tiffanie Simmons, a second-generation autoworker, endured a six-week strike at the Ford Motor factory just west of Detroit where she builds Bronco S.U.V.s. That yielded a pay raise of 25 percent over the next four years, easing the pain of reductions that she and other union workers swallowed more than a decade ago. […]
Read MoreMichigan Voters’ Anger Is a Problem for Joe Biden
Betrayal is a powerful emotion, especially at the ballot box. Voters who feel betrayed tend to act like spurned lovers, punishing the offending party even if it means electing somebody who will actually be worse. That’s how America got Donald Trump as president. Many blue-collar workers in factory towns in battleground states like Michigan, Ohio […]
Read MoreWayne Kramer, Influential MC5 Guitarist, Dies at 75
Wayne Kramer, whose explosive guitar playing with the influential Detroit band the MC5 in the late 1960s and early 1970s helped to set the template for punk rock, died on Friday. He was 75. The death was confirmed in a post on his official Instagram account, which said the cause was pancreatic cancer. It did […]
Read MoreAmp Fiddler, Versatile Keyboardist, Singer and Mentor, Dies at 65
Mr. Fiddler himself was a protégé of the Parliament-Funkadelic impresario George Clinton. In the mid-1980s, Mr. Clinton heard one of Mr. Fiddler’s demo recordings and offered him the keyboard chair in P-Funk once held by Bernie Worrell. Mr. Fiddler “helped me do amazing things,” Mr. Clinton wrote in his 2014 memoir, “Brothas Be, Yo Like […]
Read MoreDetroit Man Charged in Stabbing Death of Synagogue President
A man was charged on Wednesday in the killing of Samantha Woll, a synagogue president who was found stabbed to death in October outside her Detroit home, the authorities said. Ms. Woll’s death appeared to have taken place during a break-in at her home, Kym L. Worthy, the Wayne County prosecutor, said at a news […]
Read MoreEthan Crumbley, Who Killed 4 in Michigan School Shooting, Sentenced to Life
The teenager who committed the deadliest high school shooting in Michigan history, killing four students and injuring seven other people, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Friday. Ethan Crumbley was a 15-year-old sophomore at Oxford High School in suburban Detroit on Nov. 30, 2021, when he pulled a 9 […]
Read MoreWhat to Know About the Automakers’ Deals With the U.A.W.
The United Automobile Workers union reached a tentative agreement with General Motors on Monday, following similar deals in recent days with Ford Motor and Stellantis, the parent company of Ram, Chrysler and Jeep. Together, the agreements are expected to end the union’s six-week strike of the Big Three Detroit automakers. Here’s what to know about […]
Read MoreU.A.W. Reaches Tentative Deal With Stellantis, Following Ford
The United Automobile Workers union reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, on Saturday, a person familiar with the matter said on Saturday. The agreement comes three days after the union and Ford Motor announced a tentative agreement on a new contract. The […]
Read MoreNo Evidence of Hate Crime Has Emerged in Killing of Synagogue Leader, Officials Say
One day after the fatal stabbing of the leader of a synagogue in Detroit, authorities on Sunday said no evidence had emerged that suggested the killing was motivated by antisemitism. But James White, the chief of the Detroit Police, said that his department and the Michigan State Police were still investigating the death of the […]
Read MoreSynagogue Leader Killed in Detroit, Michigan Attorney General Says
The president of a synagogue in Detroit was found brutally killed near her home on Saturday, though the authorities have not yet established a motive. The president, Samantha Woll, 40, who led the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, was the victim of a homicide, Dana Nessel, the attorney general, said on X, the platform formerly known […]
Read MoreWhy Biden and Trump Are Courting Striking Autoworkers
Biden and Trump bid for blue collar votes In an extraordinary show of support, President Biden plans to join striking autoworkers on the picket line in Michigan on Tuesday. It comes a day before Donald Trump is expected to speak to union members in Detroit instead of participating in the second Republican primary debate. The […]
Read MoreWriters Guild Deal With Studios Reflects Power of Unions
What we learned from the writers strike One of the longest-running strikes of 2023 is near an end: The Writers Guild of America reached a tentative agreement on Sunday with Hollywood studios on a new contract, 146 days after its more than 11,000 screenwriters walked out of movie and television productions. The work stoppage isn’t […]
Read MoreMichigan and U.S. Automakers Share a Past. What Will U.A.W. Strike Mean for Their Future?
Michigan’s economy and identity have been intertwined with auto manufacturing since Henry Ford perfected the moving assembly line and made Detroit a magnet for blue-collar workers seeking a middle-class foothold. But the symbiosis between the state and its signature industry has been repeatedly challenged in recent decades by competition from abroad, factory closures and balance […]
Read MoreThe United Auto Workers Will Lose. I Worry for Our Economy and for President Biden.
The United Auto Workers has taken to the picket lines in a particularly acrimonious strike, targeting, for the first time, all three of the big Detroit automakers simultaneously. Popular opinion appears to lie firmly on the union side. And I’m all for the auto workers getting paid more — they have legitimate concerns. But this […]
Read MoreTrump Planning Detroit Visit During Second GOP Debate
Former President Donald J. Trump is planning to travel to Detroit on the day of the next Republican primary debate, according to two Trump advisers with knowledge of the plans, injecting himself into the labor dispute between striking autoworkers and the nation’s leading auto manufacturers. The trip, which will include a prime-time speech before current […]
Read MoreThe UAW’s Strike Poses Economic and Political Risks for Biden
Autoworkers put down their tools Thousands of autoworkers walked off the job on Friday morning at three Midwest plants in an unprecedented strike, as the United Automobile Workers and Detroit’s three big carmakers remained miles apart on contract talks. The move could be the most costly yet in a “summer of strikes.” Thousands of workers […]
Read MoreU.A.W. Strike Looms Over Detroit Auto Show
The Detroit auto show kicked off this week with a burst of hoopla and glam, including a Darius Rucker concert sponsored by Ford Motor and an indoor test track built by Jeep that features a hill with a 40-degree slope. But beyond the excitement and bright lights, Detroit’s annual auto show has been clouded by […]
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