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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

by Jason Hayes Michigan’s big utilities, including DTE Energy, claim that their summer peak-rate electricity pricing plans are designed to “reduce energy use.” But a recent Stanford University study appears to show that the…

Poorer customers suffer "greater discomfort indoors," Detroit News reports, as summer A/C costs approach California levels. by James David Dickson When families cook and eat dinner this June in an air-conditioned home, they will…

by Kyle Davidson U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gathered Wednesday with Democratic colleagues and advocates from across the country for a Washington, D.C.,…

by Jon King The University of Michigan has filed a formal petition with the Michigan Employment Relations Commission to appoint a “fact finder” in the ongoing strike by graduate workers. The university, which filed the petition May…