

The role of wind and solar in the future of power
Early August – specifically August 10 – will be remembered as an important day for the environment. The United Nations issued a grim…
Aug 24, 2021


Voting rights: The historic and ongoing skirmishes
Depending on your point of view, the 2020 general election was the most secure in history, or rife with fraud, bringing forth illegitimate…
Aug 24, 2021


Critical race theory: politics enters the classroom
Over Memorial Day weekend of 1921, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in a district of the city known as Greenwood, filled with affluent and educated…
Jul 27, 2021


Forever chemicals and our food, water supply
Although what we now refer to as “forever chemicals” or PFAS have been around since the 1940s, scientists, researchers, and government…
Jul 27, 2021


Warming waters: Lakes signal climate change
Coming across a body of water in Michigan doesn't take very long. Whether it’s the Great Lakes, which, according to the United States…
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
Jun 23, 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 26, 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...
May 20, 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…
Apr 28, 2021