Opinion

by B. Jessie Hill | The Conversation If you care about the future of abortion rights, now is a good time to worry. A sweeping Supreme Court victory for pro-choice advocates last summer was quickly overrun by worries brought on by the…

by Jane Briggs-Bunting In 2016, a bipartisan group of 37 Michigan state representatives banded together to introduce a series of bills called the Legislative Open Records Act (LORA). These bill weren’t perfect, but they closed two…

by Suzanne Fields EVERY GENERATION confronts its own obstacles. My parents eloped because they couldn’t afford to get married, and they hid the nuptials from their families for a year. They finally bought a big bed and moved it into the…

by Phil Power NOT LONG AGO, most Republican lawmakers wanted to lock convicted criminals in prison and throw away the key. But that’s not so much the case anymore, in part because of a rising conservative organization, “Right on Crime.”…

THERE IS WIDESPREAD dissatisfaction among students and parents nationwide concerning state-mandated student testing. Students and parents point to the fact that extensive testing causes stress and anxiety; school administrators drive home…

On June 1, I took an initiative in behalf of the many of the Ann Arbor Public who have spoken for keeping the entirety of the Library Lot as a Public Space. The City Council has contracted with a broker to solicit and evaluate private…

THE LAST TIME the Tipped Minimum Wage was increased, the year was 1991 and George H.W. Bush was in the White House. That wage currently stands at $2.31 per hour. In the U.S., 3.3 million workers are employed in sectors that use the tipped…

THIS AUGUST, VOTERS will go to the polls and choose from among candidates running in the City Council Democratic primary elections. In Wards 1, 3, 4 and 5, incumbents’ and challengers’ websites are up and populated with a variety of…