The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team 2223 posts 224 comments

by Kary Love As a civil rights lawyer, I wanted to dedicate my life to preserving and defending the Bill of Rights. I saw that as the highest duty imposed by my oath to “preserve and defend the Constitution of the United States from all…

by Jon King, Michigan Advance Fear and anger have rippled through the trans community following the University of Michigan Health System’s announcement this week that  it would stop providing medically necessary gender-affirming care…

A four-ingredient formula for smoky summer perfection. by Ari LeVaux It’s the season of outdoor grilling, brought to you by the licking flames that make food taste better. Without a fire, of course, there is no smoke.…

by P.D. Lesko During the June 2025 budget presentations to the AAPS Board of Education and the public, Superintendent Jazz Parks included a slide that showed total student enrollment between 2014 and 2024, as well as the number of FTEs…

by Lee Haines Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling…

by Hayley Harding, Votebeat The Michigan Department of State is trying to send along a portion of the voter registration data requested by the U.S. Justice Department, but one state official says it’s waiting for the federal…

Two of the best actors of their generation, plus a very funny script from "The Favourite" writer Tony McNamara, aren't quite enough to fix the chemistry deficit between an English couple at war. by Peter Debruge There have been 36…

by Kary Love The U.S. invaded Iraq and Afghanistan as illegally as Putin invaded Ukraine, a bad place to begin "democracy building." It taught its young troopers how to take over neighborhoods, conduct door-to-kicked-down-door searches…

by P.D. Lesko In July 2025, former Ypsilanti City Manager Frances McMullan appeared before the Hon. J. Cedric Simpson to be sentenced on what started out as a four count felony case for her use of her City of Ypsilanti credit card to…

by P.D. Lesko Data collected by Michigan's State Court Administrative Office shows that the judges who serve the people of our county have seen a slight uptick in the total number of cases filed between 2021 (47,026) and 2024 (52,164).…