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Mike Rogers Doesn’t Care About Michigan Residents
by Ellynn Brouwers
It’s clear that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers doesn’t care about Michiganders. As a retired health care professional, it’s alarming Rogers wants to slash Social Security.
So many Michigan retirees…
Michigan’s Attorney General Should Support The Second Look Sentencing Act
by Tashiena L. Combs-Holbrook
As a woman serving a life sentence at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, I am urging Michigan’s Attorney General, Dana Nessel, to support the Second Look Sentencing Act. This bill would allow…
Letter to the Editor: To the Protesters At My Daughter’s U-M Graduation…
by Kellie Zell
To the protesters at my daughter’s University of Michigan graduation on May 4th:
I write this because I think it’s important for everyone to understand the impact of their actions. So I suppose you should look at this…
An Open Letter to County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi: It’s Time For You to Lead
This is a Open Public Plea to the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, specifically, Ann Arbor County Commissioner Yousef Rabhi:
There is an expectation of leadership from the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. At this…
“Hatred, Division” Resulting From the School Board’s Passage of Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Resolution
by Shirley Rahmani
Dear Ann Arbor Board of Education,
I write to you today with utmost urgency and deep concern regarding the decisions made by the Ann Arbor Board of Education, specifically in relation to the divisive Israel-Hamas…
Letter to the Editor: The Elderly and Vulnerable Must Be Protected From Assisted Suicide
by Dr. Daniel Benz
As a medical doctor working in a state psychiatric hospital in Michigan, encountering people with mental illness who say they want to commit suicide is an unfortunately common occurrence.
Those who have suffered…
Letter to the Editor: Why Jim Harbaugh Should be Fired
by Lee Enochs
As a life-long fan of the University of Michigan football program, it greatly pains me to write this: it's time for Jim Harbaugh to be fired for being embroiled in a sign-stealing scandal involving his coaching staff.
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Letter to the Editor: Michigan Legislature Must Deal With “Period Poverty”
by Lysne Tait
Anyone who has had a period knows that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you don’t have the products you need when you need them. Being a teen is already hard enough, but lack of menstrual products…
Letter to the Editor: “Supreme Felons, Inc. Supporters Harass And Threaten Ypsi Township Trustees During Meeting”
In my opinion, the press should not be used to lie, distort and attempt to create mayhem. This Ann Arbor Independent News article ("Supreme Felons, Inc. Supporters Harass And Threaten Ypsi Township Trustees During Meeting") tries to…
Catholic Diocese’s Anti-LGBT Lawsuit is Unchristian
Denise A. Waytes
The Diocese of Lansing and the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty filed a lawsuit on behalf of St. Joseph Catholic Church in St. John, Michigan against Dana Nessel, the Dept. of Civil Rights, and the Civil Rights…