The Foodist: After Thanksgiving, Glorious Leftover Turkey Noodle Soup
by Ari LeVaux
Thanksgiving marks the start of the winter holidays, and a parallel season of enhanced leftovers consumption. It can be a freewheeling, chaotic time, when pieces of feasts and roast beasts are combined and reheated.…
The Parent Trap: Hey, New Parents – Go Ahead And “Spoil” That Baby!
by Amy Root
When an infant cries, parents frequently wonder whether they should soothe the baby or let the baby calm itself down. If they respond to every sob, won’t the baby cry more? Isn’t that spoiling the baby?
I hear these…
Film Review: “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
As the women of Wakanda, led by Letitia Wright's Shuri, struggle to fill the void T'Challa has left, Coogler stages less a typical Marvel movie than an intricately doom-laden geopolitical thriller.
by Owen Geiberman
When Chadwick…
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at 100 Percent with RSV Surge: Here’s What You Need to Know
by Kyle Davidson
Amid a surge in visits to pediatric emergency rooms, doctors and public health officials are advising families to take preventative measures to stop the spread of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and other respiratory…
Gov. Whitmer, Fix the Damn Grid
by James Dickson
Michigan has some of the worst energy reliability in America.
While the evidence of Michigan’s poor roads is underneath our feet, everywhere we drive, spotty energy reliability can feel like it’s someone else’s…
City Council Expands Speaking Time For Themselves; Expands Public Speaking Slots
When the new members of City Council are seated this month, they will have more time to speak.
On Thursday Nov. 10, Ann Arbor City Council debated and voted 7-3 to pass DC-2, which amends Council's speakers rules. The resolution …
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Ruled Unconstitutional in Federal Court
by Jaime A. Hope
President Joe Biden’s attempt to implement a student loan forgiveness program was ruled “an unconstitutional exercise of Congress’s legislative power” by District Judge Mark Pittman on Thursday, Nov. 10.
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Film Review: Falling for Christmas
A pampered Daddy’s princess and a financially frazzled single father find themselves in a fix in this heartwarming holiday film.
by Courtney Howard
Audiences who click play on Netflix’s “Falling for Christmas” will be the…
A2Politico: Let Them Eat Pizza! Ann Arbor Reps’ Answer to Voter Suppression
by P.D. Lesko
Mayor Chris Taylor called six-hour lines to vote "a success." Ann Arbor's U.S Rep. Debbie Dingell was reportedly "moved to tears" and said, incredibly, in response to pizza and blankets distributed to those waiting in a…
These Four County Staffers Recommended Funding Fraudulent Grant Proposal for Felons, Including Sex Offenders, to Mentor Kids
by P.D. Lesko
How did a fraudulent $1.2 million grant proposal filled with fabrications, and submitted on behalf of a registered sex offender and a murderer on parole, ever get funded? A grant to fund work with children in and out of…