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In November, voters in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District will once again elect someone new to represent them in Washington. more
Social media has us all so whipped up and turned around about what type of information we are feeding our brains that most of us are now concocting our own conspiracy theories out of whole cloth. more
For some parents working in the private sector in 2024, taking paid time off after the new child comes into the family is expected.  more
I was in Hunter Park recently attending Allen Neighborhood Center’s Summer Art Festival and ran into some old friends. We were marveling at how beautiful the park has become and the many delightful amenities it features.  more
Isn’t it sad that politics has become the third rail of a conversation? more
For two months now I have been engaged in my sorority’s GOTV efforts. GOTV stands for Get Out the Vote. more
Making political headway within the Democratic Party as a pro-Palestinian supporter has become like yelling into a vacuum. more
If you can name all eight state Board of Education members without googling it, you are better than I. more
The Lansing City Council must move quickly to prevent the University of Michigan from dismantling old Eastern High School's interior. The focus in this controversy over preserving one of our … more
Back in February, I wrote in this space how Michigan House Republicans were in the driver’s seat to regain the majority of seats this fall. more
There is an emotional attachment to old schools. Generations of students may have passed through a particular school; participated in community activities or attended sporting events; or perhaps even worked as a teacher, bus driver or a school cook, as my Mom did for over a decade. more
Remember the Mike Rogers of early 2014? Before our then-8th District congressman said he was hanging up his seat for a radio show microphone? more
Any number of emotions and ideas whirl in me as I continue to absorb the news about Kamala Harris, a Black American woman now one of two major party candidates to be the next president. more
(The writer is a professor in the Romance and Classical Studies Department at Michigan State University. A masked gunman broke into his class on Feb. 13, 2023, killing two of his students and injuring five others.) more
I disagree with Kyle Melinn’s assertion (July 24) that Democrats are “rolling over democracy” by uniting behind Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate. more
My heart sank reading about the possibility of U of M Health Sparrow converting the Eastern High School building into a psychiatric facility. more
The Lansing area’s hottest Aug. 6 primary race isn’t a national, state or even countywide contest. more
University of Michigan Health–Sparrow is listening. more
President Joe Biden’s decision to mercifully abandon his reelection plans came two years too late and has put his Democratic Party in a self-induced crisis. more
Until former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear, the popular parlor game among the national media was listing the Democratic congressional types who were urging President Joe Biden to pass the torch to ... well, anybody else. more
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