My fellow Americans, this 4th of July, our 250th year as a country, We the People will be celebrating - A lot of blood, sweat and tears have been spent. Now we have a fascist in the White House, who is tearing this country apart, along with our Constitution, Declaration of Independence, ...

I had just sat down with my notes for writing this column when the news came through that journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort had been arrested in Minnesota. My notes were from a luncheon I had attended the previous day. National Association of Black Journalists hall of fame columnist Betty ...

By now you have learned that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is coping with the loss of her 85 year dad who was more than just her father. She recalls that when she decided to run for governor he was "so supportive" and helped to guide her through that decision and on top of being her trusted political ...

One summer when I was 12 going on 13, I spent a week at the greatest place in the world: Camp Geneva, on the shores of Lake Michigan. This was my fourth summer, and the first entering Geneva Pines, the middle school side of camp. The first day at camp was always a little tiring. Checking in ...

New groundbreaking research – the largest dataset ever conducted on shared book reading – reaffirms that Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library significantly strengthens early literacy skills for children in Northeast Michigan alongside children across the five other countries, reinforcing ...

Republicans are beginning to sound the alarm about the 2026 midterm elections, and not without reason. The concern was crystallized by a Texas state Senate race in a district President Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024 but which recently shifted 14 points toward Democrats -- a ...