Downtown serves community

Please accept my sincere gratitude for all the important work the Downtown Newsmagazine team does to serve our community. Your role in presenting important and well-researched issues to the public is a crucial asset to Michigan’s 11th District. Access to quality reporting is a crucial part of what makes our community so active and involved in making our country a better place.

Moreover, I would like to congratulate you for moving the publication’s social media off of X (formerly Twitter). Since the social media platform has been under new ownership, antisemitism and hate speech posts have gone largely unchecked and is unacceptable.

It is critical for our social engagement technologies to foster important and thoughtful discussions without being platforms for violent speech, and thank you for your part in supporting these ideals.

Please reach out to me if there is anything I can do for you and keep up all the great work.

Haley Stevens

U.S. House of Representatives

11th District, Michigan