Yearly Archives
2023
In response to a three-year study that concluded AAPD patrol officers disproportionately pulled over drivers of color for car equipment failures, on June 20 City Council approved a new ordinance to keep police from initiating traffic!-->…
Rep. Kathy Schmaltz Invites Residents to Local Office Hours
State Rep. Kathy Schmaltz today invited residents to sit down and chat during her upcoming office hours in Jackson and Washtenaw counties.
Local office hours are an opportunity for community members to meet face-to-face with Schmaltz to!-->!-->!-->…
A2Politico: County Law Enforcement Leaders Kiss Up To Perps While Crime Rates Skyrocket
While Washtenaw County law enforcement officials cater to criminals, crime rates are increasing.
There is No Reason to Resurrect Film Subsidies
by Jaime A. Hope
Picture this: You pitch investors on a company that will create many jobs and offer a great return on investment. The investors bite. They give you seven years and $500 million to work the plan.
Time passes. They ask!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Should Cancel the Drag Queen Storytime Event Scheduled for June 17
by Gina Kinney
The A2SF exists to promote entertainment and foster a sense of community for all kinds of people. Considering that the Festival occurs during Pride Month, it makes sense that there would be events that would cater to the!-->!-->!-->…
Film Review: “Eureka”
The Argentine slow-cinema formalist explores tensions between Indigenous culture and the modern world in a languid curio that will delight his acolytes and bemuse others.
by Guy Long
By the brazenly esoteric standards of Argentine!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
GEO Settles Unfair Labor Charges and U-M Agrees to Drop Suit for Damages
by Jon King
While a strike by University of Michigan graduate student workers stretches into its third month, a settlement has been reached on several unfair labor practice (ULP) charges that were pending with the Michigan Employment!-->!-->!-->…
Time is Running Out to Address Michigan’s Population, Prosperity Decline
by Rick Haglund
Beginning a column with a cliché is considered a sign of unimaginative writing. But the old tale of the boiled frog almost perfectly describes Michigan’s demographic and economic plight.
It’s said that if you drop a!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Rep. Dingell Teams Up With House Colleagues to Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Access to Breast Cancer Diagnostic Tests
by Michaela Johnson
Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), co-chair of the Congressional Cancer Prevention Caucus, Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Colin Allred (D-TX) introduced bipartisan!-->!-->!-->…
Residents Refused Mental Health Services While CMH Spends Millage Money on Consultants, PR and Paid “News” Coverage
Despite the 2017 passage of the Public Safety and Community Mental Health Preservation Millage, Washtenaw County Community Mental Health turns away Washtenaw County residents who need mental health treatment. Meanwhile, CMH Exec. Dir.!-->…