Carbon neutrality and legacy coal ash problem
Coal ash contains heavy metals such as mercury, barium, cadmium, and arsenic. According to the National Resources Defense Council…
Feb 22, 2022
Finding a funding solution for the district courts
What if there wasn’t a court to go to if you had to deal with a traffic ticket or a legal case. In the communities covered by the 48th…
Feb 22, 2022
Promise and reality of recreational cannabis
By Lisa Brody Depending upon your age and proclivity, marijuana has been considered a plant that, when smoked or otherwise enjoyed, can...
Jan 25, 2022
Playing with poison: toxins in children's toys
By Stacy Gittleman In an early Saturday Night Live sketch, a young Candice Bergman and Dan Aykroyd perform in a consumer probe spoof. In...
Jan 25, 2022
The toll of dementia on patients and families
Suzy Plaskey suddenly decided she no longer felt like driving. When she did get behind the wheel, she consistently took the same route…
Dec 28, 2021
The interview: Oakland’s sustainability officer
Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter in September 2021 took the forward step of appointing a new environmental sustainability officer...
Dec 23, 2021
Redrawing districts: the shape of things for 2022
If they are approved and finalized, they will be the official districts for the next decade, until the next decennial census is complete in…
Nov 24, 2021
Cameras in the courts: rules vary but change afoot
During Derek Chauvin’s recent trial for the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, news stations nationally aired footage from inside…
Nov 24, 2021
Plastics: In our land, water and food. Now our air.
By Stacy Gittleman Benjamin Braddock, the protagonist in the classic 1967 movie The Graduate, played by a young Dustin Hoffman, is led to...
Oct 26, 2021
Phoenix rising? Pontiac on the edge of a recovery.
One hundred years ago, riding north up Woodward Avenue from Detroit to Pontiac was a voyage from one successful urban landscape to another.…
Oct 26, 2021
