

Our digital world: The toxic radiation health threat
Our digital world is ubiquitous and the telecommunications industry wants it that way. But academic, medical, public health and scientific…
Mar 27, 2024


Homeschooling: The numbers keep increasing
Where have all the children gone? That’s a question demographers and public school districts are wondering, especially those in Michigan…
Feb 20, 2024


Aging in Oakland: Response to growing group
On any given day, there’s a wait to play pickleball at Birmingham Next, the non-profit 50 and over senior center housed at the former…
Jan 24, 2024


Eyes in the sky: Increased drone use by police
By Stacy Gittleman Jim Santilli’s business is taking off. As the president of American Air Operations in Troy, Santilli holds an Airman...
Dec 28, 2023


Money v rights: Civil Rights Commission challenge
The Michigan Civil Rights Department is approaching a crossroad that will determine its success or failure to address complaints about its a
Nov 21, 2023


First year update: Oakland County mass transit
Oakland County voters in November 2022 approved the Oakland County Public Transportation millage, a 10-year, .95 mill tax dedicated…
Oct 24, 2023


PFAS threats to health in all aspects of daily life
Kathy Wusterbath remembers the summers of her childhood and teen years swimming and working as a lifeguard on the shores of Van Etten Lake…
Sep 26, 2023


Danger above: Threat of toxic lead in aviation gas
By Stacy Gittleman The United States banned leaded gasoline beginning with cars made in 1975. During this time, the nascent Environmental...
Aug 29, 2023


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…
Jul 25, 2023


Stopping diversion of Great Lakes Basin waters
Standing 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…
Jun 27, 2023












