In June, shortly after I returned from volunteering at a refugee center in Krakow, Poland, Darby Hinkley wrote a super article about my experiences there and what it was like to interact every day with hundreds of Ukrainian refugees. She captured the details and the emotions far better than my ...

During the Jan. 6 hearings, we’ve heard from former members of the Trump administration and Republican state officials about how Trump and his allies worked together to try and overthrow our democracy because the 2020 presidential election didn’t go their way. Now, they’re working to make ...

You can’t be blamed for wanting to vote with your pocketbook. We are feeling it, at the grocery store and the gas station. But if you only vote on what today looks like, you forget what the past should teach us. Roe v. Wade being overturned is a great example. The Republicans were able ...

The recent letter from Linda McGill omitted some important background to the story. Attorney General Nessel was in Lansing in June at a Civil Rights conference. It was not widely reported, but this mature, educated woman made the following bold statement: “You know what’s not a problem ...

Candle-lit vigils. Teddy bears and flowers. Prayers and pictures of slaughtered children. Things meant to offer solace to parents and communities in which a massacre of students attending school has occurred. Too little. Too late. Candles burn out. Teddy bears become waterlogged. Flowers wilt. ...

Just wanted to say how disappointed I was with this year’s Festival of Sail, held at the Maritime Heritage Center. It’s wonderful that the ships come to Alpena, but the residents who enjoy seeing them were not able to get up close and see them or able to interact with the crew because of ...