

Jun 23, 2021
Transgender, non-binary search for selves, rights
Blake Bonkowski grew up in Royal Oak uncomfortable in his own skin, not knowing who he was, bullied as an outsider throughout school because


May 26, 2021
Avoiding meltdown: Michigan’s nuclear future
By Stacy Gittleman Driving along the I-75 corridor between Detroit and Toledo, one can catch glimpses of the twin curved silos of the...


May 20, 2021
Karen McDonald: Moving the needle of justice
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald surprised the legal and political communities in 2019 when she resigned from her position as an...


Apr 28, 2021
Birmingham and the national planning trends
Residential neighborhoods in cities around the United States initially developed and grew as a hodgepodge, with single family homes adjacent


Apr 28, 2021
Legionella concern as office buildings reopen
Across the nation, schools, businesses, and office spaces are embroiled in what is known as “hygiene theater” to assure the public that…


Mar 24, 2021
Teen suicides rising, then came the pandemic
By Lisa Brody Diane Orley, now living in Birmingham, was woken up before dawn on August 26, 2013, by two police officers at her...


Mar 24, 2021
Balancing large farms and toll on environment
By Stacy Gittleman Earl Butz, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture in 1973, told America’s farmers to “get big or get out,” ushering in decades...


Feb 24, 2021
Faces of Faith: Religious diversity in metro area
While the United States Constitution mandates a separation of church and state, America remains a country founded on religious ideals.


Feb 24, 2021
Why the Line 5 issue should concern everyone
Displayed on license plates and travel websites, perhaps the most emblematic symbol of Michigan’s connection to the Great Lakes…


Jan 26, 2021
The movement to relax ban on psychedelic drugs
When many people hear the words “psychedelics” or “hallucinogenic drugs,” they think of the 1960s, of LSD and Timothy Leary, who coined the