Welcome to Commie High
Welcome to Commie High was aired last month on PBS stations throughout Michigan and thirteen more...
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Unemployment Hell
Jennifer Larke’s descent into unemployment hell started in April 2020. Not just because she lost...
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The MRF Reboot
Ann Arbor’s Material Recovery Facility is a lot cleaner than the last time I saw it. Back then, a...
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Living with Lung Cancer
On the last Sunday in November 2021, I was directed to a freezing-cold trailer adjacent to St....
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Trains Made the Town
On July 4, 1841—the day the first train arrived in Dexter—crowds began gathering early in the...
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Home at Last
For the first time ever, Veronica Brandon’s three teenagers each have their own rooms. As a...
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The Innocence Clinic
In March 2007, four men, masked and armed, robbed the Mr. Bubble Auto Spa in Ypsilanti Township....
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Parker in Pictures
I met Josie Barnes Parker soon after she became director of the youth department at the Ann...
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Down on Main Street
In a 1959 Ann Arbor News photo, the 100 block of S. Main St. is a kaleidoscope of storefronts and...
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Drug Overdose?
GlaxoSmithKline delivered the bad news in February: as of April 1, it was cutting Michigan...
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What’s Next for AAATA?
Last September, “I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says Ann...
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The Day Zingerman’s Deli Almost Closed
Sunday, March 15, 2020, marked Zingerman’s thirty-eighth anniversary, normally a time to...
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Making Room for Everyone
Cliff Sheldon recalls that when he served on Ann Arbor’s city council from 1978 to 1982,...
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Imagining an Unarmed Emergency Response
Last April, city council voted unanimously to develop an unarmed safety response program. Mayor...
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The Greening of the University
“I think that this is the most audacious plan out there,” says Steve Forrest, co-chair...
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The Bank that Grew
Stan Dickson’s family owes a lot to the First National Bank in Howell. During the...
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Trouble in Scio Township
Scio Township differs from Ann Arbor in many ways. It’s less populous, with just over 20,000...
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The Next Unicorn?
Workit Health is on a fast track to become only the third Ann Arbor-based “unicorn”...
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Robot Farewell
They were here: ten shiny, bicycle-wheeled robots. Then suddenly, they were gone. Refraction...
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