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J’Accuse–A Federal Judge’s Allegedly Anti-Semitic Ruling Must Be Challenged
by Mark Susselman, J.D., M.P.H.
I am writing this in honor of Dr. Miriam Brysk, who passed away on May 28, 2022, at the age of 87. Miriam was born in Warsaw in 1935. When the Nazis invaded Poland, she and her family escaped to the Lida…
I Stand With Gov. Whitmer on Protecting the Right to Access Safe Abortions. Do You?
by Nancy Wayne, Ph.D.
As a recently retired reproductive physiology professor and biomedical researcher of more than 25 years, educating the next generation of scientists, physicians and leaders has been my primary focus in higher…
Michigan Kids Can’t Read. Drag Queens Won’t Help.
by James David Dickson
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has raised the stakes in the debate on drag shows for children.
In June, when GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon promised to enact "severe criminal penalties…
Why “Ann Arbor for Public Power” Should Scare You to Death
by P.D. Lesko
Ann Arbor for Public Power appears to be a group of ecologically-minded people sick to death of DTE's "dirty," high-priced services and outage-a-palloozas in Ann Arbor. They want Ann Arbor to replace DTE with a "clean,"…
Nothing Radical About Whitmer Fighting the GOP’s Anti-Abortion Extremism
by Susan J. Demas
Ten years ago, I was having a beer with a Michigan GOP consultant who informed me that liberals should stop all the fear-mongering because Republicans would never be dumb enough to outlaw abortion.
“If they did…
SafeHouse Board Members Should Embrace Transparency, Not Fight FOIA and Public Attendance at Board Meetings
Michigan's sunshine laws (the Open Meetings and the Freedom of Information Acts) apply to governmental entities and, under certain circumstances, non-profits. In Nov. 2021, The A2Indy submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for…
We Must Continue to Support Michiganders Hit Hardest by the Pandemic
by Monique Stanton
As an organization that has been working to improve public policy for more than a century, we certainly have to adapt with the times.
From the Great Depression to the Great Recession, the influenza pandemic…
How the Loudest Voices in the Room Can Distort Democracy
You can’t hear other voices in a pluralistic democracy if a disruptive minority, amplified by money and noise-making technology, has the dial on their amp turned up to 11.
by Matthew Jordan
After Canadian truckers upset with…
Letter to the Editor: Local Governments Must Face Upcoming Fiscal Crisis
by Donnelly Wright Hadden
Our State government is in a frenzy to spend money and cut taxes, because it has a temporary budget windfall. Michigan officials had better save some of that money to bail out local governments next year,…
A2Politico: County Residents Deserve Leadership, Not Gaslighting from Ann Arbor County Commissioners
by Patricia Lesko
County Commissioner Ricky Jefferson. Photo | Washtenaw County
Let me preface this by saying that in 2013, when our son was diagnosed with whooping cough, we received excellent support and supervision from the…