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by Jen Metes Let’s talk about what’s happening to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This isn’t some distant issue; it’s a direct hit to our community, our jobs, and our values. USAID has been more than…

by Bob Topper Civilization’s progress since the Age of Reason, the mid-seventeenth century, has been astonishing. We can travel to the moon and back in less time than it took for the pilgrims to cross the Atlantic. And with the Webb…

by P.D. Lesko Billy Cole, President and CEO of non-profit Supreme Felons, Inc. doesn't want to talk about the rising crimes rates in the areas where his neighborhood watch teams patrol. He doesn't want to talk about the fact that in…

by P.D. Lesko On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Civil Rights sent letters to sixty colleges and universities in the United States in which the institutions' leaders were warned of potential enforcement actions…

by Anna Liz Nichols More than a dozen Republican lawmakers in Michigan have signed onto a bill to bar physicians from performing gender-affirming care for transitioning minor patients. This effort follows multiple executive orders…

by Neeta Delaney The old adage of “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” has never rung so true. America’s rapidly expanding wealth gap is the root cause. When CEOs receive more than 344 times the average annual salary of…

by P.D. Lesko Mayor Chris Taylor and his City Council allies voted unanimously on Tuesday March 4 to put what the pols claim are two connected ballot questions (Proposals A and B) on the Aug. 2025 ballot. Voters will be asked to not…

by Ariana Figueroa Faith groups involved in refugee resettlement services, including HIAS, which has funded local Jewish Family Services's Reception and Placement in Washtenaw County, last week asked a federal judge for an emergency…

by Scott McClallen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants Michigan to slap a 32 percent wholesale tax on marijuana, suggesting that this general fund revenue could be used for her long-deferred plan to fix the state's roads. The second-term…

by Mel Gurtov Imagine that during World War II, at the height of Nazi Germany’s blitz of Britain, President Roosevelt invited PM Winston Churchill to Washington and humiliated him with derisive comments about Britain’s looming defeat…