Ann Arbor’s Single-Stream “Wishcycling” Problem is an $80M Environmental Disaster
by Jessica Helges and Kate O'Neill
BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012, Berkeley, California, Walpole, Massachusetts, Auburn, Maine, and Concord, New Hampshire, among other U.S. cities voted not to adopt single-stream recycling, or abandoned…
New Pandemic Health Habits for These Four Scholars – Here’s What They’re Doing and Why
by Libby Richards, Jessica Bane Robert, Katherine Basbaum, L. Allison Phillips
Walking as a source of solitude and connection
Libby Richards, Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
As a busy working mom of two active…
Movie Review: “See for Me”: A Cult Classic in the Making
In 1967, Audrey Hepburn played a blind woman terrorized by three burglars in 'Wait Until Dark.' Now, Skyler Davenport updates that formula with this strong lead performance.
by Michael Nordine
Looks like 2022 is off to a promising…
County Administrator Greg Dill Gaslights & Misleads Community With His “Statement on SafeHouse”
Editor's note: On October 17, 2021, The Ann Arbor Independent published an editorial in which we called for the Washtenaw Board of Commissioners to fire Greg Dill for his role in putting domestic violence victims and their children in…
The Foodist: Taking a Stand for Arugula
by Ari LeVaux
“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?” asked then-Senator Barack Obama, during an Iowa campaign rally in 2007. There was no Whole Foods in Iowa at the time, and his gaffe, and the…
Top Ten in 2021: The A2Indy Articles That Got You Reading
Here are the top 10 stories in 2021 for The Ann Arbor Independent, based on page views.
No. 1
Date: Jul. 31, 2021
SafeHouse Center Executive Director Barbara Niess-May
Headline: “Staff and Clients Allege SafeHouse Center is…
Premiums Lower, but Michigan Auto Insurance Costs Still High and Plagued by Persistent Racial Disparities
by Jared Wagley
Michigan’s auto insurance reform law has contributed to an 18% drop in average premium costs from 2019 to 2020—the steepest decline in the country over that time period, according to new analysis by Poverty Solutions at…
Public Records Show Millions in Pandemic Grants Distributed Inequitably in Counties Serviced by Ann Arbor SPARK
Businesses in Livingston County received exponentially larger grants than they did to businesses in Washtenaw and Jackson Counties.
by P.D. Lesko
In 2021, between the Washtenaw Small Business Emergency Relief Fund, Michigan Small…
Hospitals are Overrun by the Unvaccinated. What Happens to the Rest of us?
by Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance
I never fully transitioned back into a post-COVID world after getting vaxxed and even boosted, because I understood that reality didn’t exist for millions of immunocompromised people, seniors and…
Discussions and Memos from Closed Redistricting Panel Meeting Made Public
by Allison R. Donahue, Michigan Advance
After weeks of pressure from voting rights advocates and journalists and a ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting had to finally release seven memos…
