Here’s the six petitions you’ll most likely be asked to sign
Hooray! It’s the middle of summer. Beaches. Festivals. Concerts. Baseball. Art Fairs. Pushy petition circulators. It never fails. Yes, you’re a registered voter. Yes, you …
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How corporate greed is ‘greenwashing’ climate-saving efforts
Please allow me to provide some additional context to readers who were not present at the Lansing Capitol NO KINGS rally June 14. I am the Indigenous climate activist pictured and quoted in your …
The sad net product of the Legislature: Six bills
To fully appreciate the historic dysfunction of the current state Legislature, simply look at how many bills it’s sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk as of July 15, the day I’m …
There’s no real oversight for lawmaker-lobbyist marriages
Here’s a statistic you probably didn’t know before you started reading this column: Among Michigan’s 147 state legislators, four are married to registered lobbyists. That means in …
Probed for bilking taxpayers, suspect checks in from Ghana
A professed aerospace manufacturing expert, whom the attorney general is investigating for doing nothing tangible with $2.5 million in grants he received in 2020 and 2021, says he’s in Ghana.
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Black music for sinners and everyone else
People talk about two things when they talk about director Ryan Coogler’s new film, “Sinners.” The vampires and the juke joint scene. Forget the vampires. All around us every day …
‘No Kings’: Getting riled up about being riled up
An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 protesters gathered on the Capitol lawn last Saturday in Lansing’s version of the “No Kings” rally. Organizers hoped it would be the largest gathering …
Juneteenth, according to a northern Black
An African American woman might be ashamed to admit she had to go research Juneteenth, but I am not and I did.
Juneteenth started as a Texas holiday celebrating African American freedom. Being a …
Either having a state senator is important … or it’s not
In today’s edition of “Things You Never Thought Have Happened Before But Have,” I present to you the 1967-‘68 legislative session.
The Michigan House comprised 55 …
Why did Barrett vote to kill Michigan’s clean energy economy?
(The author is an East Lansing resident who used the clean energy residential credit to put solar panels on her roof.)
I am deeply disappointed in my new representative in the U.S. Congress, …
How corporate greed is ‘greenwashing’ climate-saving efforts
Please allow me to provide some additional context to readers who were not present at the Lansing Capitol NO KINGS rally June 14. I am the Indigenous climate activist pictured and quoted in your …
The sad net product of the Legislature: Six bills
To fully appreciate the historic dysfunction of the current state Legislature, simply look at how many bills it’s sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s desk as of July 15, the day I’m …
There’s no real oversight for lawmaker-lobbyist marriages
Here’s a statistic you probably didn’t know before you started reading this column: Among Michigan’s 147 state legislators, four are married to registered lobbyists. That means in …
Probed for bilking taxpayers, suspect checks in from Ghana
A professed aerospace manufacturing expert, whom the attorney general is investigating for doing nothing tangible with $2.5 million in grants he received in 2020 and 2021, says he’s in Ghana. …
Black music for sinners and everyone else
People talk about two things when they talk about director Ryan Coogler’s new film, “Sinners.” The vampires and the juke joint scene. Forget the vampires. All around us every day …
‘No Kings’: Getting riled up about being riled up
An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 protesters gathered on the Capitol lawn last Saturday in Lansing’s version of the “No Kings” rally. Organizers hoped it would be the largest gathering …
Juneteenth, according to a northern Black
An African American woman might be ashamed to admit she had to go research Juneteenth, but I am not and I did. Juneteenth started as a Texas holiday celebrating African American freedom. Being a …
Either having a state senator is important … or it’s not
In today’s edition of “Things You Never Thought Have Happened Before But Have,” I present to you the 1967-‘68 legislative session. The Michigan House comprised 55 …
Why did Barrett vote to kill Michigan’s clean energy economy?
(The author is an East Lansing resident who used the clean energy residential credit to put solar panels on her roof.) I am deeply disappointed in my new representative in the U.S. Congress, …