Summer camp isn’t just two weeks away from the city. It’s a time for children to learn new things, and learn about themselves.
Brunch with Bridge
Once vilified, Coleman Young deserves reconsideration
Time has put the former Detroit mayor’s reputation in perspective, 20 years after he left office, and sooner, if you were ever stopped by a STRESS unit.
Will ‘Holland, Michigan’ be fed into the ‘Fargo’ wood chipper?
This local isn’t popping popcorn for a movie set in west Michigan, given how other towns have fared at the hands of Hollywood.
Fratricide at Fort Hood brings veteran mental health back to forefront
Soldiers so often suffer far after their deployments end. Congress and the president are in rare agreement that more money is needed for veterans' mental health services.
Foundations open wallets to improve Detroit’s fortunes
The Kresge and Stillman foundations are investing in neighborhoods and education, in a city that badly needs help with both.
Children are too precious to be pawns, even to serve a noble cause
We try to support our local communities however we can, but does that extend to sending children to sub-par schools? Even if they’re the ones who would improve it?
Michigan arts economy is more than a tip jar, but it can be even bigger
A little respect, please — creative entrepreneurs are an important part of the state’s economy. Couldn’t they use a little cultivation?
For Michigan shore-dwellers, life’s a beach, and that’s the problem
This land is your land, this land is my land, but if you think you’re holding your bonfire in front of my cottage? We might have a problem.
Reset the new year, and take a walk outside
You’re probably already failed at whatever you resolved on New Year’s Eve. So why not give yourself a break and try again on Earth Day?
For U.P. residents, some health data to provoke chest pains
Does the Upper Peninsula have abysmal health statistics because of geography, behavior, poverty or something else? Likely all of the above.