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Nkrumah Steward on befriending the descendant of those who enslaved his ancestors, local African-American officers talk about life at the intersection of “black and blue”, and detective Ira Todd on the strange case of Davonte Sanford …on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | July 14, 2016

We’ll start off this Saturday evening’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack with Canton writer Nkrumah Steward. If Steward’s name sounds familiar, it’s likely because a recent story of his, about traveling back to the South Carolina plantation where his ancestors had been slaves, has spread like wildfire this past week. From People Magazine to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Detroit, The Saturday Six Pack | Also tagged corruption, David Beeks, Davontae Sanford, Detroit Police, Eugene Rush, hit men, Ira Todd, Jason Gold, Jeremiah Richardson, Kym Worthy, LaShane Bynum, Low Winter Sun, murder, Nkrumah Steward, Robert Adams, slavery, South Carolina, Tamara "Strawberry" Greene, Vincent Smothers, Violent Crimes Task Force, Wavering Place Plantation | 6 Comments

Would the Hantz Farm be good for Detroit?

By Mark | January 10, 2010

Last week, in the wake of a post on urban food production and how it might help stave off the impending cannibal apocalypse, a reader by the name of KJC asked what people thought about John Hantz, and his plans to create a massive for-profit farm in the heart of downtown Detroit. As I didn’t […]

Posted in Agriculture, Detroit, Food | Also tagged Ashley Atkinson, cannibal apocalypse, Center for Economic Security, community gardens, CS Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems, Dan Carmody, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, Eastern Market, eminent domain, Food & Society Conference, Greening of Detroit, high-fructose corn syrup, John Hantz, local food production, Malik Yakini, Matt Allen, Michael Hamm, Michigan State University Extension, monocultures, post-petroleum era, public policy, Thomas Jefferson | 29 Comments

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