Michigan’s In-Home Health Care System Is In Crisis
It's often the most vulnerable among us who face the harshest consequences of economic, political, and societal crises. During the...
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Black Labor Has Built America Through Centuries
In the ongoing reckoning over race in America, many of the conversations in this moment are forward-focused. While striving for...
Water Activists Skeptical of Duggan’s Commitment to End Water Shutoff Policy
In 2014, the United Nations called Detroit’s water shutoffs policy “contrary to human rights.” Now, six years later, Mayor Mike...
The Problem With Your Pandemic “Pod”
The COVID-19 pandemic has undone much of the nation’s social fabric, pushing many people into a world of isolation. As...
Forgiving Student Loans Won’t Fix the Root Cause of the Student Debt Crisis
President-elect Joe Biden recently came out in support of legislation for COVID relief that would include forgiving $10,000 in student loan...
Remembering Longtime Wayne County Commissioner Jewel Ware
Jewel Ware, the longest serving member of the Wayne County Commission, died suddenly yesterday of what is reported to be a...
Educators Need Help to Get Through This Unprecedented School Year
As the first semester of this school year comes to a close, many are taking stock of what was an...
Levin Says COVID Relief Package Will Include Lots of “Half-Loaves”
The country is in the worst shape it's been in since the pandemic hit in the spring. Nationally, cases and...
Why Contact Tracing Is Failing In Michigan
One of the government’s best weapons against COVID-19 is its ability to trace the spread of the virus. However, here in Michigan,...
Rep. Haley Stevens Says She’s Optimistic About COVID Relief Package
Although the pandemic is reaching it's worst stage since the spring, Congressional efforts to provide economic relief to Americans and...
Journalist Tim Alberta Digs Into Michigan GOP Attempts to Undermine Election
President-elect Joe Biden won Michigan’s 16 Electoral College votes by more than 150,000 votes. That’s a fact, which has held...
Biden’s Approach to Overhauling Trump’s Immigration Policy
The nation is gearing up for significant policy change come January when President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office. He...