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Opinion

Stay informed during Civic Learning Week

Editorials and columns

This week, March 10-14, is Civic Learning Week. Civics is the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a society. It’s a social science that studies government, civil law, and civil codes. As seen on michigan.gov, healthy and vibrant civic life requires informed and ...

Celebrating women, accelerating action

Editorials and columns

March is Women’s History Month, meaning it’s the perfect time to reflect on how far women have come. Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day, making it even better timing to discuss the topic. International Women’s Day is a global celebration marked by demonstrations, mostly ...

How, as Americans, will our story read?

Letters to the Editor

How will it end? As we have watched from the sidelines for three years now the situation in Ukraine has gripped the hearts of Americans in a surprisingly intimate way. It’s like a story that sounds vaguely familiar to each of us, but we can’t really remember why … we can’t quite put ...

Set your clocks forward tonight

Editorials and columns

It’s that time of the year again when we “spring forward” in time. At 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, Daylight Savings will begin, pushing the time forward to 3 a.m. With the change, the clock moves forward one hour and the sun sets an hour later in the evening, rising an hour later in ...

The whole world is watching in disgust

Letters to the Editor

For all of my life, America has been the leader of the free world. America along with the other democratic countries fought and defeated Hitler’s attempt to dominate the world. America’s leadership was instrumental in a post-war rebuild of Europe to ensure free world stability. America led ...