

Police force diversity
In the early morning hours of July 23, 1967, a group of about 80 black people were celebrating the return of soldiers from Vietnam at a...
Jul 1, 2015


Religious freedom fight
Freedom is an important and significant word. It's the basis for the first three articles of our Bill of Rights. According to the...
Jun 1, 2015


Nuclear drinking water threat
Plans by a Canadian power utility to bury nuclear waste along the eastern shore of Lake Huron has raised concerns about the possibility...
May 1, 2015


Boomers’ drug challenge
Arlene claims she wasn’t a typical teen of the ‘60s and ‘70s – mostly because in those days she was against doing drugs during the era of...
May 1, 2015


The kids are not all white
Each of us, at one time or another, has had to stop and ask who we are and what we stand for. It may occur during a period of...
Apr 1, 2015


Oakland's last farmers
Clark Cook wakes before the dawn every day and heads to the barn at his north Oakland County farm to milk more than four dozen cows. By 9...
Mar 1, 2015


Restaurant inspections
Nowadays, everybody is a food critic. From the local drive thru to metro Detroit’s finest five-star establishments, websites such as...
Feb 1, 2015


The plight of illegal immigrants
The words are inscribed on a plaque in the pedestal in the Statue of Liberty, once the first sight new immigrants to the United States...
Jan 1, 2015


The Chaldean migration
They are often confused, in the metro Detroit area, as being part of the over 400,000 Arab or Palestinian American community members...
Dec 1, 2014


Storm water overflow
Water and other liquid refuse flowing through the miles of sewers in Oakland County flow downhill. So, when more than five inches of rain...
Dec 1, 2014