Jeanice Swift’s Decade
No one was expecting a global pandemic in November 2019, when voters passed a twenty-year, $1...
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A Life in Radio
“People talk about the good old days of radio, but actually, these are also good days for radio...
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The Ascent of Planet Rock
If you live in Michigan and want to go rock climbing, there’s really only one good option: Leave...
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Should We Divorce DTE?
The storm with up to seventy-five miles-per-hour mph winds that swept across Michigan last August,...
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Ken Fischer’s Second Act
On a Sunday morning in July 2020, Ken Fischer woke up in Tom and Debby McMullen’s cottage on Elk...
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John’s Side Job
To look at John Swider behind the counter at the Goodyear store on W. Stadium, you’d never guess...
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An Afternoon with Community Mental Health
It’s a quiet Friday afternoon in January on the fourth floor of the County Annex on N. Fourth Ave....
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Back to the Farm
While farm-to-table has become an important movement in restaurants, Tonya and Rich Lockwood are...
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(Bed Bath &) Beyond a Praying Mantis
Part One. I needed some things at home, and thought that Bed Bath & Beyond could solve all my...
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The Metamorphosis of 212 S. State
A year ago, 212 S. State was a vacant lot. Hidden away behind Sava’s restaurant, it was accessible...
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Guest Artists
Everyone knows the happy ending: At the Big House on October 15, the Michigan Wolverines...
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Listening to Ketamine
The sign for Michigan Progressive Health on Washtenaw Ave. shows a smile superimposed on a...
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Scholars in Exile
Yurii Kaparulin had the first panic attack of his life on February 24. A Ukrainian historian of...
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Trial by Turkey
It was a beautiful sunswept day in June. My poodles and I were walking, as we often did, in Dow...
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Building a Bike-Safe City
Christopher Becker was biking home from his job at the Ann Arbor District Library on August 24,...
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The Many Worlds of the Delonis Center
Homelessness is something many of us see for a second and feel a sudden sense of unease, until we...
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New Pathways
If you stand on the corner of Freer and Dexter-Chelsea roads, at the northwest edge of the Oak...
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Murals & Beyond
Murals have been popping up like wildflowers on downtown buildings. Since 2019, fifteen have been...
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Pulling the Goalie
When Hiag Avsharian closed the door to his room at an Ann Arbor fertility clinic, making a movie...
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