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East Lansing Art Festival kicks off the summer season
The East Lansing Art Festival and the MSU Spring Arts & Crafts Show have complemented each other from across the street for more than six decades. This year’s events brought thousands of people …
A conversation about artificial intelligence
It’s a simple question, asked in a small room in the basement of the Lansing Community College library. “So,” adjunct sociology professor Elizabeth Robison said, “how do you see AI …
After Data Center Withdrawal in Lansing, Activists Balance Celebration with Vigilance
When Danny Raymond, 38, learned that a data center had been proposed in downtown Lansing, where she lives, she wasn’t particularly surprised. It didn’t surprise her that the mayor and the city …
No data center in Lansing after Deep Green withdraws plans
During the city council meeting on Monday evening, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor said a proposed data center in downtown Lansing won’t be built or considered in the city. The Lansing City Council …
Winter has ended. What’s next for those living on Lansing’s streets?
The past winter was one of the coldest in years, and while everyone feels the chill, it doesn’t punish everyone equally. People were sleeping on the streets, in backseats and in tents even on the …
In Lansing, activists are solidifying actions to fight ICE:
Lansing residents filled a basement room at the city’s downtown library on a Saturday afternoon in March for an orientation on how to identify ICE and CBP vehicles and agents. The orientation …
A boiling, spicy pot called Salsa Verde
Salsa isn’t a rhythm you hear very often in Michigan’s capital city; at least not as much as in Detroit or Grand Rapids. However, whenever the Michigan State University student ensemble Salsa …
Iran doesn’t feel too far from Michigan
When the first bombs dropped on Iranian soil, information was limited and uncertain. The Iranian regime’s communication blackout inside the country made calls and messages difficult, as always. …
Iran doesn’t feel too far from Michigan
Iranian and Iranian-American residents in Michigan share their emotions about the ongoing conflict that has escalated between Israel and the USA against Iran, now entering its second week.