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President Trump

Cognitive Dissonance and the Republican Party

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jun 8, 2026

by Bob Topper For years I have tried to understand how and why so many of my family and friends, good and intelligent people, buy into the Trump-MAGA promise of quick and easy solutions to complex problems. I see why they believe…

Opinion

America in Retreat

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 3, 2025

by Mel Gurtov Imagine that during World War II, at the height of Nazi Germany’s blitz of Britain, President Roosevelt invited PM Winston Churchill to Washington and humiliated him with derisive comments about Britain’s looming defeat…

County Government

Michigan ACLU Sues ICE to Obtain Records for Immigrants Being Held in Michigan Jails

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 23, 2025

by Ann Mullen The ACLU of Michigan and the national ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 22 to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Michigan county jails it contracts with, to release records about detained…