Apr 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...
Mar 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...
Feb 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...
Jan 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...
Dec 1, 2014
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...
Nov 1, 2014
Unions struggle to survive
Labor unions, credited with helping workers achieve fair wages, benefits and good working conditions, as well as the creation of a mass...
Sep 1, 2014
Ku Klux Klan re-emerging
Scott Shephard, who calls himself a reformed racist after over 20 years of membership in four different Ku Klux Klan groups, including...
Aug 1, 2014
Unregulated drinking water chemicals
Tap water supplied by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has been touted for decades as being some of the highest quality...
Jul 1, 2014
The air we breathe
Regardless of who we are, where we live, what we do, or what our beliefs are, it’s the one true substance we can’t live without. We like...
