by Kevin Shafer In most families, mothers and fathers both work hard. Pew Research recently reported that moms and dads in the U.S. work essentially equal hours when paid work hours are combined with household chores and child care…

By Elizabeth Cohen Call it Netflix’s spring binge. At the end of March, Netflix released the critically acclaimed “13 Reasons Why.” April features new shows “Girl Boss” and “Bill Nye Saves the World,” while May’s lineup includes the…

by Tom Perkins | Detroit Metro Times The Detroit Metro Times is reporting that a deal is in the works for the owners of the Neapolitan-style pizza company Bigalora to buy the Arbor Brewing Company's entire U.S. operation. The latter…

By Christopher Brown Being a kindergartner today is very different from being a kindergartner 20 years ago. In fact it is more like first grade. Researchers have demonstrated that five-year-olds are spending more time engaged in…

by Patricia Lesko The Ann Arbor Independent used FOIA to obtain emails, Tweets and text messages sent over several weeks prior to the April 17 City Council meeting between a trio of Council members and Caleb Poirier, founder of tent…

by Ari LeVaux Once there was a man named Oscar, who took his steak with asparagus, Hollandaise sauce, and lump crab. That much we know. I first enjoyed this triple-threat of decadence atop a 10,000-ft mountain in Albuquerque, where…

by Emily Marks Two University of Michigan students developed an app designed to help people with food allergies or special diets. They want to make everyday life easier for people who cannot or prefer not to eat certain types of food.…

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team The Michigan League for Public Policy reports that child poverty in the state has gone up since 2008. In Washtenaw County, 13.4 percent of the county's children ages 0-17 live in poverty, that's…

by Patricia Lesko As the saying goes, "In a free-market economy, you get what you give. In a state-run economy, you get what you can bribe a politician to give you." The Ann Arbor Independent was made aware of allegations that members of…

by Lindsay Vanhulle | Crain's 40% of households still unable to afford basic living necessities To make ends meet as a four-person family in Michigan, with a child in preschool and a baby at home, it's practically mandatory that both…