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by Jessica Helges and Kate O'Neill BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012, Berkeley, California, Walpole, Massachusetts, Auburn, Maine, and Concord, New Hampshire, among other U.S. cities voted not to adopt single-stream recycling, or abandoned…

by Libby Richards, Jessica Bane Robert, Katherine Basbaum, L. Allison Phillips Walking as a source of solitude and connection Libby Richards, Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University As a busy working mom of two active…

In 1967, Audrey Hepburn played a blind woman terrorized by three burglars in 'Wait Until Dark.' Now, Skyler Davenport updates that formula with this strong lead performance. by Michael Nordine Looks like 2022 is off to a promising…

Editor's note: On October 17, 2021, The Ann Arbor Independent published an editorial in which we called for the Washtenaw Board of Commissioners to fire Greg Dill for his role in putting domestic violence victims and their children in…

by Ari LeVaux “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?” asked then-Senator Barack Obama, during an Iowa campaign rally in 2007. There was no Whole Foods in Iowa at the time, and his gaffe, and the…

Here are the top 10 stories in 2021 for The Ann Arbor Independent, based on page views. No. 1 Date: Jul. 31, 2021 SafeHouse Center Executive Director Barbara Niess-May Headline: “Staff and Clients Allege SafeHouse Center is…

by Jared Wagley Michigan’s auto insurance reform law has contributed to an 18% drop in average premium costs from 2019 to 2020—the steepest decline in the country over that time period, according to new analysis by Poverty Solutions at…

Businesses in Livingston County received exponentially larger grants than they did to businesses in Washtenaw and Jackson Counties. by P.D. Lesko In 2021, between the Washtenaw Small Business Emergency Relief Fund, Michigan Small…

by Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance I never fully transitioned back into a post-COVID world after getting vaxxed and even boosted, because I understood that reality didn’t exist for millions of immunocompromised people, seniors and…

by Allison R. Donahue, Michigan Advance After weeks of pressure from voting rights advocates and journalists and a ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting had to finally release seven memos…