2025

Washtenaw County, in partnership with community organizations, has announced the opening of its Winter Emergency Shelter and Warming Locations for the 2025–2026 season. These services ensure that people experiencing a housing crisis…

by Guy Lodge Anyone who has seen her seething Oscar-nominated performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Phantom Thread” knows that Lesley Manville can be hard as nails on screen — though it’s a register the British veteran tends to play…

by Ari LeVaux “If you are what you eat, I only want to eat the good stuff” – Remy the rat If you squint, ratatouille is practically indistinguishable from summer itself. It’s a dish you make when the tomatoes, eggplant, and zucchini…

by Nathaniel Johnson When it comes to describing what an antioxidant is, it’s all in the name: Antioxidants counter oxidants. And that’s a good thing. Oxidants can damage the structure and function of the chemicals in your body…

by P.D. Lesko Eastern Michigan University is the largest single employer in Ypsilanti. The 800 acre university campus anchors the city’s downtown, but provides no payments in lieu of the property taxes the non-profit doesn’t pay (PILOT…

by Jacob Fischler and Shauneen Miranda The U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay about half of November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, though benefits could take months to flow to recipients, the…

by Kary Love Tax slavery is bad, tax slavery to pay for war on your town is worse “I am Spartacus!” rings out from the surviving freedom fighting slaves of the battle with Rome at the close of the classic film “Spartacus,” starring…

Approximately eight percent of Washtenaw County residents receive SNAP benefits, some 26,000 individuals. In 2023, in Ann Arbor, approximately 19.7 percent of residents (25,610) lived below the poverty line. In Ypsilanti, 25.6 percent of…

by P.D. Lesko Laura Beny, a single mom and a tenured University of Michigan Law School professor, has asked the Supreme Court to hear her case against the University of Michigan in which she alleges racial and gender discrimination. In…

by Hayley Harding, Votebeat The plan from Senate Democrats keeps three elections on the calendar each year. That’s the way school districts want it, but not clerks. A new proposal from Michigan’s Senate Democrats could shake up the…