Michigan Marijuana Booming Amid COVID-19
Businesses across Michigan have been suffering throughout the pandemic, but there’s at least one industry in Michigan that is reaching...
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Legislative Hearings on November Election Dominated by Debunked Conspiracy Theories
On Tuesday, Republican state lawmakers held an hours-long Senate Oversight Committee hearing that featured lots of already-debunked conspiracy theories about voter...
COVID-19 Continues To Spread Through Michigan’s Prison Population
Efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 have tested our abilities to stay safe in schools, at work, at the...
Coronavirus Vaccines are Coming, But Distribution Will be a Challenge
As America gears up for winter and an unconventional holiday season, the country is also ushering in a new chapter...
Detroit Based Industrial Sewing Company Has Been Making PPE for Months
Back in April, at the start of the pandemic, we talked with a few people about how metro Detroit organizations...
Making Sense of the Trump-Biden Transition
After weeks of denial about his loss in the presidential election, President Trump still has not conceded to President-elect Joe...
Delving Into Biden’s Diverse Cabinet Picks
Since the election, there's been a lot of talk about the president’s tantrum over losing the election, and the Republican Party’s enabling...
Learning From Indigenous Voices This Thanksgiving
As the pandemic rages on, it’s continuing to teach us all about the enormity of our resilience as individuals and...
Metro Detroiters Share Stories of Gratitude Despite Difficult 2020
This year has been a difficult one. From the pain and isolation caused by the pandemic to widespread economic uncertainty...
Republican Lawmakers Were Unwise to Meet with Trump, says UM Law Expert
We’re at an inflection point in GOP efforts to cast doubt on the clear results of the November election. On...
Americans Should Learn from Canada’s Thanksgiving COVID Spike
Thanksgiving is canceled. That was the reaction by some on social media after Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration banned gatherings of...
Eddie Glaude: Racism We’ve Seen in Trump Era is Not New. It’s Just Louder.
The upheaval of 2020 has laid bare the racial tensions and systemic oppression of people of color that undergird American society....