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City Officials Spend Heavily On Advertising In Monthly Tabloid & Rely Less On Advertising In Twice Weekly Newspapers
THE ANN ARBOR Indepdendent accepts no advertising from local, county or state government, local universities or the Ann Arbor Public Schools. It is a policy that takes direct aim at bolstering the newspaper’s editorial independence. The…
COLUMN: Members Of City Council Can’t Seem To Get Along. What’s The Problem?
MIDWESTERNERS HATE conflict more than we hate freezing rain, haughty vegans and screaming kids/ineffectual parents in the grocery store. We smile. We’re solicitous. We want to get along. We want other people to get along. The truth of the…
Ann Arbor Restaurant Week Is Coming. Should You Participate? Yes and No.
IN CASE YOU haven’t noticed, January 12-17 is Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, an event put on by the Main Street Area Association. It’s the fifth winter Ann Arbor Restaurant Week, and 57 restaurants are participating; that’s up from 26…
Ann Arbor Main Street Restaurants Rack Up Health Inspection Violations
THE AVERAGE U.S. adult eats 4.8 meals per week in restaurants, a survey indicates. Mandala Research, found the most popular restaurant meal is lunch, with 2.6 meals eaten on average each week — both carry-out and dining — followed by 1.4…
A2Politico: The New Jim Crow
by P.D. Lesko
MY TWO SONS have been, at various times, advanced in social studies, reading, mathematics and science, according to their scores on the MEAP tests. During the past two years, their overall proficiency scores dropped…
Urban Exile: Food Stamp Cuts Hurt Children, Education and the Economy
by Michael J. Brennan
MICHIGANDERS ARE feeling the sting of a slow economic recovery — especially throughout Greater Detroit — and the lingering effects of the Great Recession are hitting families each night around the dinner table. As…
What’s Behind ‘Grain Brain’: Are Glutens and Carbs Wrecking Our Brains and Our Health?
by Ari LaVaux
CELIAC disease is widely known to cause digestive problems. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, according to the book Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain’s Silent Killers, by David…
The 12 Most Pesticide-Laden Foods and 15 Cleaner Foods to Choose Instead
THE ENVIRONMENTAL Working Group (EWG) has just published its guide to the most and least pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables.
The #1 “dirtiest”? Apples. The remedy? Buy from the EWG “clean 15” list or buy organic.
The “dirty…
Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving
THE SUSTAINABLE food movement continues to transform fields of corn, soy and CAFOs to more verdant, bountiful lands filled with organic produce, heirloom greens and pasture-raised livestock. Countless more school and community gardens have…
A2Politico: AADL Bond Proposal #2?
Please Note: Katherine Griswold is the Chair of The Ann Arbor Independent’s Editorial Board.
by P.D. Lesko
THE ANN ARBOR District Library Board members have clearly not given up on the idea of razing the main library on Fifth Avenue…
