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URBAN EXILE: Michigan’s Wealthiest County Sees ‘Seismic’ 77 Percent Increase in Poverty During Great Recession
by Beth Dalbey
“IT’S NOT SOMEBODY in the deepest part of Detroit or Pontiac,” said former marketing manager for Fortune 500 companies who found herself unemployed and homeless. “It’s somebody standing next to you in the grocery store who…
Adventures Of A Grown-Up: The Devil is Always in the Details—Right?
by J.H. Mae
LIFE IS ALREADY messy and complicated. Why can’t the simple things be simple, straightforward and easy?
I was thinking this while a pharmacist told me by brand new health provider had no idea who I was. She gave them my…
A2POLITICO: The AAATA Bus Pass Blue Light Special
by P.D. Lesko
THE PRESIDENT OF Washtenaw Community College recently endorsed AAATA’s proposed $22 million tax hike. In a statement, WCC President Rose B. Bellanca said, “The AAATA is a valuable resource for our community and for…
URBAN EXILE: College Kids—The Hungriest of All Americans
By Christina Bravo
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE terrible eaters. Those four years aren’t known as the time for juice cleanse experiments, after all. But perhaps we can’t blame their recent struggle with malnutrition on one too many bowls of mac…
THE FOODIST: The Food Movement Celebrates Four Decades of Success
NOWADAYS, IT’S DIFFICULT to imagine a thriving environmental movement absent a revolution in the way we grow, sell, and eat food. Similarly, where would the food movement be without Frances Moore Lappé?
Lappé’s debut book, Diet for a…
Adventures Of A Grown-Up: Telemarketers—Maybe We Should Be Nicer to Them
by J.H. Mae
A RINGING PHONE is not a welcome thing in my house.
It usually heralds a conversation with someone I don’t like, news that someone’s sick or dead, unpleasant family gossip, or maybe – my favorite — a telemarketer or wrong…
THE FOODIST: Wal-Mart Brings Organic Foods to the Masses
by Jessica Wohl
WAL-MART IS TRYING to make organic food more accessible to its budget-conscious shoppers.
The nation’s largest retailer is making a bigger bet on the fast-growing category, teaming with Wild Oats to sell organic…
A2POLITICO: AAPD Sources Dish on How Drug Crimes Might Get Classified as Trespass Violations
by P.D. Lesko
IN ANSWER TO how often the officers on Ann Arbor’s police department simply skip the step of filing official police reports, a source within the AAPD said: “Probably four times per month and all of the officers are doing…
Adventures Of A Grown-Up: Now That I Have Obamacare, I Can Avoid Going To The Doctor
by J.H. Mae
I’M FINALLY THE proud owner of a health insurance plan. It covers nothing, but if I get a kidney stone or break my coccyx, I’m covered. Thanks, Obamacare!
This isn’t an anti-Obamacare rant or a blushing endorsement, I’m…
THE FOODIST: Why You Should Make Friends With Bacteria… Especially In Your Food
by Jill Richardson
FLORENCE OGENDI AND her family have no refrigerator. They live in a tiny village in Kenya near Lake Victoria (and near Barack Obama’s step-grandmother, his Granny Sarah), but over 40 miles from the nearest city.…