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Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: D’Real Graham

By Mark | July 12, 2017

A few weeks ago, longtime Ypsilanti resident D’Real Graham left town for Washington, DC, where he’ll soon be restarting his college career. Before leaving, D’Real and I had the occasion to exchange a few emails about his memories of growing up here, how he’d seen the city change over his lifetime, and his plans for […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 1969, 826, activism, basketball, Belle Isle, Black Eden, Chris Stranad, churches, Civil Rights Act, creative writing, D.C., deacon, Detroit, Donald Trump, D’Real Graham, Elijah McCoy, exit interviews, gateway cities, gentrification, Great Migration, Howard University, Idlewild, Kate de Fuccio, Keep Ypsi Black, Metropolitan Memorial Baptist Church, New Orleans, Nick Azzaro, NWA, racism, S.L. Roberson, social justice, Straight Outta Compton, student activism, Ta-Nehisi Coates, vacations, Washington, Washtenaw County Prosecutor, white supremacy, women's studies, write-in, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 9 Comments

Ground Zero bullshit

By Mark | August 16, 2010

I want to write something tonight about the so-called “ground zero” mosque. I say so-called because it’s actually a few blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood, but that doesn’t seem to deter people, even on the left, from calling it the “ground zero” mosque, like it’s a giant mosque being built triumphantly […]

Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged 9/11, asshole Republicans, celebrity roasts, Constitution, David Hasselhoff, Feisal Abdul Rauf, freedom of religion, Gathering of the Juggalos, ground zero, ground zero mosque, Hindu, Islam, Islamization of America, Islamophobia, jihad, Juggalos, Laura Ingraham, mosques, Pearl Harbor, Pentagon, reality television, Republican lies, Rush Limbaugh, Shinto, tea party, Tila Tequila | 40 Comments

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