Dozens attend candlelight vigil for Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Lansing
Dozens of Michiganders gathered at the Hall of Justice in Lansing on Saturday night to hold a candlelight vigil honoring the life and legacy...
Susan J. Demas: RBG is gone. This is why we fight.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, best known as a steely champion of women's equality, gave voice to the voiceless. And as a legendary Supreme Court justice,...
What’s in a name? Debate continues as Hispanic Heritage Month begins.
Whatever you do, don’t call Elena Herrada Hispanic or Mexican American.
“I never liked the term 'Mexican American' because it marginalizes us. I refer to...
Whitmer lowers flags for 9/11
Updated, 8:28 a.m., 9/11/20
To honor the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks 19 years ago, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags...
‘She was the entire right side of my body’: Detroit honors...
Omari Barksdale described Monday’s city of Detroit tribute to COVID-19 victims as “honorable” and “overwhelming.”
”It allows people to see the faces instead of just...
Confederate statues would be removed from national parks under spending bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is pushing the federal government to get rid of Confederate statues and memorials in national parks — and...
Detroiter in iconic 1963 March on Washington photo reflects on protests,...
Edith Lee-Payne was 12 when she attended the seminal 1963 March on Washington. There, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I...
Susan J. Demas: Deep down, we all know COVID-19 won’t disappear...
Last week, I spent several days hiking the Appalachian Trail with my family, after our pre-pandemic plans to fly cross-country and get lost in...
Milliken remembered as ‘great’ man, coalition builder at memorial service
Speakers fondly remembered the late William Milliken, Michigan’s longest-serving governor, during a moving 90-minute service held Thursday at Interlochen Center for the Arts located...
On this day in 1965: Michigan House delegation unanimously backs Voting...
The U.S. House on Aug. 3, 1965, approved the Voting Rights Act. The bipartisan final tally was an empathic 328-74.
The spark that made way...
