MPC 2024: Whitmer focused on finalizing budget, tackling mental health crisis
The Mackinac Policy Conference always comes at a time when the Michigan Legislature is negotiating the state budget, and the...
MPC 2024: Duggan, Stabenow and Peters talk goals for the conference; plans for the future
The Mackinac Policy Conference is the one time each year that politicians and business leaders, philanthropists and media all head...
Created Equal: How changing US political dynamics are impacting the Mackinac Policy Conference
The 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference begins this week on Wednesday and goes on through Friday, May 31. A medley of...
Created Equal: How Detroit’s techno culture created space for the Black LGBTQ community
Memorial Day weekend in Detroit means Movement — the city's popular, funky dance festival that celebrates electronic music. On Thursday's...
Created Equal: America’s ‘racial ghosts’ and how they influence society
The concept of racial ghosts is a counterargument to the claim that America is a post-racial, color-blind society. It refers...
Created Equal: The concerning rise of kids unintentionally consuming cannabis edibles
Accidental marijuana poisonings among children have increased significantly since recreational use was legalized in Michigan six years ago. On Tuesday's...
Created Equal: Wage increases for migrant workers putting pressure on Michigan farmers
Michigan's robust agriculture industry has come to rely quite a bit on migrant workers and the visas that bring them...
Created Equal: Shakespeare in Detroit founder on equity in the arts, new Stratford Festival production
One of Detroit's very own will return to the acclaimed Stratford Festival in Ontario this year to lead a production...
Created Equal: What’s next for Detroit’s iconic RenCen building?
The Renaissance Center is a well known skyscraper in the city of Detroit, occupied by General Motors since 1996. Now,...
Created Equal: The man who lived according to the constitution — literally
In A.J. Jacobs' new book, “The Year of Living Constitutionally,” the author and journalist reflects on his lifestyle experiment of...
Created Equal: Schools still segregated 70 years after Brown v. Board decision, report finds
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court determined in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that segregating schools...
Created Equal: Residents speak out against I-375 redevelopment plan
A coalition of community voices is challenging the “I-375 Reconnecting Communities Project” to replace the one-mile stretch of freeway on...