- Dec 28, 2022
Report card on schools: the impact of the pandemic
On the surface, things seem to be getting back to normal in this second full school year since the onset of the COVID pandemic.
- Nov 23, 2022
Traffic stop numbers have a story to tell
In Michigan, Black residents make up around 14 percent of the state’s population, yet account for 37 percent of the state’s jail population…
- Nov 23, 2022
Assuring that evolving air standards are met
Breathe in. Breathe out. The purity of the air we breathe is an ever-changing target, as toxins are emitted into the environment…
- Oct 25, 2022
LGBTQ+ community rights may now be threatened
Once upon a time, in what seems like another era, “gay” was a term meaning “cheerful,” “carefree,” or “bright and showy.” By the 1960s, the…
- Oct 25, 2022
The movement to replace natural gas with electricity
On July 23, 2019, Berkeley, California, passed a first-of-its kind policy restricting the installation of natural gas hookups in new…
- Sep 27, 2022
Local control threat: The implications of mining fight
Michele Joliat lives on a hilltop home with her husband Tom in the rural township of Metamora in Lapeer County. When they purchased their…
- Aug 23, 2022
Cleaning up the toxic sites in state, Oakland County
By Stacy Gittleman One morning in December 2019, drivers commuting along I-696 near Madison Heights began calling in reports that there...