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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
(The writer has lived in the Lansing area for over 35 years. She worked for the state Legislature and for the Michigan Education Association.) more
(The writer is president of Preservation Lansing and holds master’s degrees in historic preservation and urban and regional planning from Ball State University. She is also a University of Michigan alumna. She is a Committee to Preserve Historic and Promote Mental Health member.) more
Is he out yet? Is she in yet? Why doesn’t he get out? Why doesn’t she get in? more
I have encouraging news for those of you who have been following the year-long conversation in this column about shared-use housing. more
You might not have caught the irony of the Michigan Senate passing a proclaimed expansion of the state’s open record law the same night it passed the most secretive budget in modern history, but I did. more
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