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University of Michigan professor emeritus Thomas Moore has been looking forward to this season for a long time — 17 years, to be precise. That's...

April 20 is upon us, the holiday beloved by stoners from time immemorial. (OK, well, actually since like 1971.) In this year’s annual 420 Issue, we take a look at how Michigan’s marijuana industry is doing since voters legalized cannabis for adult use in 2018, both from the money side — Michigan cannabis sales neared $1 billion in 2020, and last month saw record-setting sales — as well as the social equity side, which is to make sure that communities harmed the most by the racist War on Drugs have an opportunity to benefit from the new industry, too. We also look at the ph...

Lee DeVito Detroit's Ford Field is now a large-scale FEMA-operated COVID-19 vaccination site through mid-May. My experience getting vaccinated here was easy. The trucks that rolled out of the Pfizer facility near Kalamazoo in December carrying the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines offered one of the first tangible symbols that this pandemic could eventually end, and like many people eager to survive it, I wanted to register to get one as soon as possible...

by  Alan Stamm Hamissi Mamba, left, and Nadia Nijimbere have worked more than four years to "fill a gap as it relates to African fare and culture in the city." Nine photos below include menu items.  (Photos: Facebook) An African restaurant dream goes from vision to full tables for Nadia Nijimbere and Hamissi Mamba, who serve their first guests Saturday at the soft opening of Baobab Fare in Detroit. Both dinner seatings are sold out, the immigrant entrepreneurs post Saturday morning. "Can't tell you how heartwarming this is," they say on Facebook. "We will hav...

by  Alan Stamm Hamissi Mamba, left, and Nadia Nijimbere have worked more than four years to "fill a gap as it relates to African fare and culture in the city." Nine photos below include menu items.  (Photos: Facebook) An African restaurant dream goes from vision to full tables for Nadia Nijimbere and Hamissi Mamba, who serve their first guests Saturday at the soft opening of Baobab Fare in Detroit. Both dinner seatings are sold out, the immigrant entrepreneurs post Saturday morning. "Can't tell you how heartwarming this is," they say on Facebook. "We will hav...