Money v rights: Civil Rights Commission challengeThe Michigan Civil Rights Department is approaching a crossroad that will determine its success or failure to address complaints about its a
First year update: Oakland County mass transitOakland County voters in November 2022 approved the Oakland County Public Transportation millage, a 10-year, .95 mill tax dedicated…
PFAS threats to health in all aspects of daily lifeKathy Wusterbath remembers the summers of her childhood and teen years swimming and working as a lifeguard on the shores of Van Etten Lake…
Danger above: Threat of toxic lead in aviation gasBy Stacy Gittleman The United States banned leaded gasoline beginning with cars made in 1975. During this time, the nascent Environmental...
Pharmaceuticals in our water an emerging concern We live in a time of accelerated advancements in medicine. Thankfully, new drugs are coming on the market all the time to manage once…
Stopping diversion of Great Lakes Basin watersStanding on the shores of Lake Michigan, where water flows into the horizon and the shores of Canada are far out of sight, one can get the…
Taming Woodward: Reenvisioning a thoroughfareWhen a Detroit News photo archive essay in 2018 chronicled the history of Woodward Avenue, there is a telling photo from 1911.
What are local schools doing for student safety?Nashville. Oxford. Michigan State University. Uvalde. Parkland. Newtown. Columbine. The list is long, as are our memories, of youths who…
Bottle return law may be expanded in MichiganWhen Michigan’s bottle return bill was fully enacted in 1978, the world had just seen the birth of the first “test tube” baby…