Whitmer rolls out themes on pre-State of the State tour            

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is on a statewide tour to pre-sell and fine-tune the State of the State she will deliver...

GOP attempt to award Michigan’s electoral college votes to Trump was criminal, Nessel says 

Republicans who tried to put forth their own electors in 2020 election should face charges, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says. In...

“Book Smugglers” exhibit arrives at the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills

"Would you risk your life to save a book?" That's the question at the new exhibit "The Book Smugglers: Partisans,...

National Day of Racial Healing event “geared toward progress” and creating equitable systems

The W. K. Kellogg Foundation has hosted its annual Day of Racial Healing for six years. The foundation’s president and...

Author Randal Jelks casts Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision forward to 2022 in “Letters to Martin”

Americans have been having some very serious conversations about race, inequality and police brutality in the past two years. I...

Liberals need to center race and class in political conversations, says Roosevelt Institute’s CEO and president

After ignoring the topic of race for a long time, there is a new debate emerging in Democratic political circles:...

Michigan House cancels session amid COVID-19 surge

COVID-19 is canceling votes and meetings this week in the Michigan House of Representatives. House Speaker Jason Wentworth said Monday...

Michigan Democratic legislators to announce gun storage bill package

Michigan Democratic legislators said Monday that they plan to introduce a bill package designed to encourage safe firearm storage. Sponsors...

Quadriplegic woman taken to hospital after losing care due to Michigan’s auto no-fault law

The tragic consequences of Michigan’s new auto no-fault law continue to mount.  Republican leaders in the state Legislature promised to...

University of Michigan Board of Regents fires President Mark Schlissel

The University of Michigan Board of Regents voted Saturday morning to remove Mark Schlissel as President of the University of...

Federal website for free COVID-19 tests launches next week, supplies limited to 4 per home

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal website where Americans can request free COVID-19 tests will begin accepting orders on Wednesday as...

Filmmaker dream hampton remembers bell hooks, talks feminism in 2022

Every now and then a writer comes along and challenges current frames of thinking. They critique and analyze and puncture...